42-97627 Amen, Ragged But Right

B-17G 42-97627 (AW-T), 96th BG/337th BS, likely post war. Replacement rudder from 401st BG B-17. Notice that Mickey radome from time as a PFF ship has been replaced with standard ball turret. B-17G 42-97627 "Ragged But Right" UPL 60057 B-17G 42-97627 (AW-T), 96th BG/337th BS, likely post war. Replacement rudder from 401st BG B-17. Notice that Mickey radome from time as a PFF ship has been replaced with standard ball turret.

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Object Number - UPL 60057 - B-17G 42-97627 (AW-T), 96th BG/337th BS, likely post war. Replacement rudder from 401st BG B-17. Notice that Mickey radome from time as a PFF ship...

Delivered Denver 10/1/44; 1SAG Langley 31/1/44; Grenier 23/2/44; Assigned PFF 413BS/96BG [MZ-T] Snetterton 3/3/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 21/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 30/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 22/12/45.



At some point this aircraft was transferred to the 388th BG. She is photographed with 388th BG tail markings, but retaining her 96th BG/413th BS squadron code "MZ" on the fuselage.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Denver, CO, USA 10 January 1944

Assigned

Snetterton, Norwich NR16 2JU, UK 3 March 1944 96 BG 413 BS

Other

Transferred to the 388th BG

Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK 1 June 1944 388 BG 562 BS Date is approximate

Other

First 388th BG Combat Mission

Normandy, France 6 June 1944

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Personal collection

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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

42-97627: Gallery (3 items)

A B-17 Flying Fortress (MZ-T, serial number 42-97627) of the 388th Bomb Group flies low over countryside. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'PFF, MZ-T 297627.'

Object number: FRE 6463 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (MZ-T, serial number 42...

Two pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortresses, (MZ-F, serial number 42-97555) and (MZ-T, serial number 42-97627), of the 96th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: '59089 A.C. PFF planes such as these flying high above German targets were able to see covered objectives thousands of feet below mirrored as small clusters of light in the screen of the Mickey instrument which they caried. The revolving micro-wave antenna which sends out and picks up impulses is housed in the covered "blister" in back of the bomb ba

Object number: FRE 873 - Two pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortresses, (MZ-F...

B-17G 42-97627 (AW-T), 96th BG/337th BS, likely post war. Replacement rudder from 401st BG B-17. Notice that Mickey radome from time as a PFF ship has been replaced with standard ball turret.

Object number: UPL 60057 - B-17G 42-97627 (AW-T), 96th BG/337th BS, likely...