42-97880 Little Miss Mischief

media-5426.jpeg UPL 5426 B-17 42-97880 'Little Miss Mischief'

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Object Number - UPL 5426 - B-17 42-97880 'Little Miss Mischief'

Delivered Tulsa 23/3/44; 88BG Hunter 18/5/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-F] Bassingbourn 15/6/44; 50+m lost engine en route Fassberg A/fd 4/4/45 with Edgar Moyer, on return crash landed base when u/c collapsed; repaired & transferred 600BS/398BG [N8-R] Nuthampstead; mission to French bridges 8/7/44 with Curtis Lovelace, Co-pilot: Bob Hart, Navigator: Bob Uhl, Bombardier: Alton Andrews, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Rees, Radio Operator: Cliff Weatherwax, Ball turret gunner: Gerard Antaillia, Waist gunner: Phil Fritech, Tail gunner: Sam Miller (9 Returned to Duty); forced to bail out over Essex on return and crash landed Chelsworth, Suffolk; repaired and transferred 306BG 5/45. LITTLE MISS MISCHIEF.



15-Oct-44 mission to Cologne, received flak hit amidships, wounding Sgt's Glenn Slaughter [waist] and Ed Adbo [ball turret] and damaging control cables. Engineer T/Sgt James Hobbs spliced control cables and A/C returned base at 100-110 mph, where gear was hand cranked down, before being greased onto the field by pilot 1Lt Paul R McDowell. 9 x RTD [2 x WIA]. Crew: Lt McDowell, Lt Herman Balaban [CP], Lt Ralph Barrett [B], Lt William Royle [N], Hobbs, Adbo, Slaughter, T/Sgt Ken Bush [RO] and Sgt Howell Thomas [TG]. Damage was such that rear of A/C was replaced by that of B-17 42-31405 'Wallaroo Mk II', 40 days of repair work resulted in a silver Vega built frontend, being followed by an olive drab Boeing rearend !!

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top turret
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19093632 / O-765280
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39551534
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Battle damaged

Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth, Royston SG8, UK 15 October 1944 15-Oct-44 mission to Cologne, received flak hit amidships, wounding waist and ball turret gunners and damaging control cables. Engineer spliced control cables and A/C returned base at 100-110 mph. 9 x RTD [2 x WIA].

Crashed

Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth, Royston SG8, UK 4 April 1945

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ContributorLucy May
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Removed part of biography that related to history of B-17 42-97380 of 600th Bomb Squadron, 398th Bomb Group:
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/10483

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ContributorDennis7423
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Personal Records.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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