42-97194 Good Pickin
95th BG - 336th BS 95th Bomb Group collection
Object Number - UPL 45270 - B-17G-45-BO #42-97194 "Good Pickin'" Code: ET-O 95th BG - 336th BS
Delivered Cheyenne 5/2/44; Kearney 24/2/44; Presque Is 11/3/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-O] Horham 11/3/44; with G.M. Jackman force landed B-53 Merville, Belg., 10/5/45; with Lt Henderson force landed A-70 Laon, France 20/5/45; 114m Returned to the USA Bradley 25/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/12/45.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17097530
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 10601207
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Airborne Voice Interpreter
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-822749
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Missions
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Delivered |
Cheyenne, WY | 4 February 1944 | |
|
Crashed |
Merville, France | 10 May 1945 | Force landed B-53 Merville, Belgium, 10/5/45. Pilot Lt G M Jackman. |
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Crashed |
Laon, France | 20 May 1945 | Force landed A-70 Laon, France 20/5/45. Pilot Lt Henderson. |
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Other Returned Stateside |
Bradley Field, Salisbury, NC 28147, USA | 25 June 1945 | Returned to the USA Bradley 25/6/45. 114 mission veteran. Sold for scrap. |
Revisions
Changed serial number from '41 -97194' to '42-97194'. This is as it is in Dave Osborne's Fortlog as well as the 95th Bomb Group's listing.
Must have been an error created in the upload process.
