42-96123 Baby Butch

media-26196.jpeg UPL 26196 Photo taken by Earl C Fox 397BG's photographer from 42-96181 'Draggin Lady' 26-Jul-44.
The flight in the distance is flight A box 2 and comprised 42-96139 [Lead], 42-96124 'Holy Moses' far right, 42-96123 'Baby Butch' far left and 42-96172.
The near flight, flight C box 2 and comprises 42-96182 'Miss Furie'[Lead], 42-96176 'Lily from Picadilly', 42-96283 and 42-96289.

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Object Number - UPL 26196 - Photo taken by Earl C Fox 397BG's photographer from 42-96181 'Draggin Lady' 26-Jul-44. The flight in the distance is flight A box 2 and comprised...

Assigned to 597BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF.

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-96191) nicknamed "The Milk Run Special" of the 397th Bomb Group at Steeple Morden, 1945. Image by Alexander "Cal" Sloan. Written on slide casing: '296191, 397 BG.'

397th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Manufactured

Middle River, MD, USA Built at Martin.

Assigned

Rivenhall, Witham CM8, UK Assigned to 597BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF.

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Sources

https://af9.page.tl/397-BG.htm
https://www.markstyling.com/b26_research.14.htm

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Object number: UPL 26196 - Photo taken by Earl C Fox 397BG's photographer...