43-38625 Ole Doodle Bug

An airman of the 385th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38625) nicknamed "Ole Doodle Bug!". Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Handwritten on slide casing: '338625.' FRE 6447 FRE 6447 Capt Mark Brown, 3rd Division HQ Photographic officer, boarding a 385th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38625) nicknamed "Ole Doodle Bug!" for a food dropping mission to Utrecht on May Day 1945.

Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Handwritten on slide casing: '338625.' Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 6447 - Capt Mark Brown, 3rd Division HQ Photographic officer, boarding a 385th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38625) nicknamed "Ole...

Delivered Cheyenne 25/8/44; Hunter 20/9/44; Grenier 26/9/44; Assigned 551BS/385BG [HR-X] Gt Ashfield 29/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 27/6/44; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 29/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45. OLE DOODLE BUG!

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 551st Bomb Squadron 385th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 39339525
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 551st Bomb Squadron 385th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 39339525
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19189936 / T-3916 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 551st Bomb Squadron 385th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 37357937
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail turret
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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