43-38625 Ole Doodle Bug
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- 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: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
