43-38543 Laiden Maiden : The Ragin' Bull

Delivered Cheyenne 16/8/44; Lincoln 24/8/44; Grenier 10/9/44; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-A] Snetterton 13/9/44 LAIDEN MAIDEN; transferred 412BS/95BG [QW-A] Horham 14/9/44; with Dale Metzinger, Co-pilot: Harry Tyrell, Navigator: Andy Kirk, Bombardier: Jim Hagerty, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Russell Brown, Radio Operator: Jack Mitchell, Ball turret gunner: Marvin Meyers, Waist gunner: Gerald Van Dome, Tail gunner: Gordon Wickstrom [9RTD]; hit 42-32066 mired in base mud on end of runway 16/12/44; 26m, sal 17/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 29/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/11/45.

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The B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50468) nicknamed "Sleeping Dynamite" of the 93rd Bomb Group flies over countryside with a formation of fellow Liberators. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'Photo ex a/c 617 11/11/44. Archer.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '1044/R.F. 93BG Libs on way to enemy target 11/11/44.'
  • Date: 11 November 1944
  • Date: 9 November 1944
  • Date: 5 November 1944
  • Date: 2 November 1944
  • Date: 28 October 1944

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Added part of the "Production block number" and the "Manufacturer" per the table on pages 310 & 311 of the book "Flying Fortress" by Edward Jablonski.

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Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description”.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log