43-38031 blue grass girl

A B-17 Flying Fortress (4N-M, serial number 43-38031) flies through anti-aircraft fire over Berlin. Handwritten in corner of image: 'Berlin 6/8/44.' Image via Harry Miller. media-380837.jpg FRE 2033 A B-17 Flying Fortress (4N-M, serial number 43-38031) flies through anti-aircraft fire over Berlin. Handwritten in corner of image: 'Berlin 6/8/44.' Image via Harry Miller. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 2033 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (4N-M, serial number 43-38031) flies through anti-aircraft fire over Berlin. Handwritten in corner of image: 'Berlin 6/8/44.'...

Delivered Cheyenne 17/6/44; Kearney 29/6/44; Grenier 15/7/44; Assigned 832BS/486BG [4N-M] Sudbury 17/7/44; transferred 832BS [3R-V]; 39m battle damaged Berlin 3/2/45 with Lewis Cloud, - Hodge, - Jones, - Chrastka, Radio Operator: Arnold Welch [5KIA]; Co-pilot: Stehle, - Scott, _ McDermott, - Warlick [4RTD]; crash landed Reydon, two miles NW of Southwold, Sfk., UK; 5KIA; Salvaged 4/2/45. BLUE GRASS GIRL.

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

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

People

Lewis K Cloud

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-817160
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

David Burns Roper

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14008525 / O-424297
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Events

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

English Channel 3 February 1945

Revisions

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486th web site

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logbook David b Roper 833rd BS, mission on Sept 17 Holland

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15331 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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A B-17 Flying Fortress (4N-M, serial number 43-38031) flies through anti-aircraft fire over Berlin. Handwritten in corner of image: 'Berlin 6/8/44.' Image via Harry Miller.

Object number: FRE 2033 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (4N-M, serial number 43...