43-39170 Tinker Toy Too
Private collection photo
Object Number - UPL 19024 - TINKER TOY TOO. s/n 43-39170
TINKER TOY TOO: 42-39170 . . . Delivered Lincoln 23/12//44; Grenier 1/3/45; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-V] Ridgewell 21/2/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45.
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
"Tinker Toy" (MS-X) (the B-17F pictured)
Lockheed/Vega B-17F-25-VE s/n 42-5846
535th BS, 381st BG, 8th AF https://www.flickr.com/photos/18532986@N07/4851640230/
Shown after returning from the October 8, 1943 mission to Bremen, Germany. A German fighter attacking the bomber hit it in the cockpit with 20mm cannon shells.
Aircraft was lost on the December 20, 1943 mission to Bremen, Germany. An attacking Bf-109 collided head-on with the plane, killing all but three of the crew. MACR 1723
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12240184
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tinker Toy
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
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Historical documents
Tinker Toy (MS-X)
Lockheed/Vega B-17F-25-VE s/n 42-5846 535th BS, 381st BG, 8th AF
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_1.html
https://www.flickr.com/photos/18532986@N07/4851640230/
WWII Aircraft Photo of TINKER TOY TOO. And the A-2 Jacket belonging to a family member who was a bombardier/navigator with the 381st Bomb Group, 535th Bomb Squadron in 1944-45, during WWII. The A-2 Jacket has "TINKER TOY TOO." painted on the back.
TINKER TOY: s/n 42-5846 http://www.381st.org/Unit-History/Aircraft-Inventory (page 7)
TINKER TOY II s/n 43-39170 http://www.381st.org/Unit-History/Aircraft-Inventory (page 10)
TINKER TOY: s/n 42-5846 https://www.flickr.com/photos/18532986@N07/4851640230/
TINKER TOY II s/n 43-39170 http://www.8thafhs.com/get_one_acgroup.php?acgroup_id=2
