44-8158 Bobby sox

Major Byron trent of the 94th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8158) nicknamed "Bobby Sox". Image via Byron Trent. Written on slide casing: 'Bobby Sox, Major Trent.' media-387737.jpg FRE 5818 Major Byron Trent of the 94th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8158) nicknamed "Bobby Sox". Image via Byron Trent. Written on slide casing: 'Bobby Sox, Major Trent.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5818 - Major Byron Trent of the 94th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8158) nicknamed "Bobby Sox". Image via Byron Trent. Written on...

Delivered Dallas 24//6/44; Langley 27/7/44; Dow Fd 17/8/44; Assigned 4BS/34BG Mendlesham 18/4/44; transferred 850BS/490BG Debach 20/8/44; 332BS/94BG [XM-Q] Rougham 5/45; Returned to the USA 593 BU Charleston 28/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 27/12/45. BOBBY SOX. Nose art by Master Sergeant Jay Dee Cowan (490th BG / 851st BS)

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

People

Jay Dee Cowan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18083741
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: 490th Ground Crew Leader

Herbert T Donahue

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Ground crew

Derrick J Venne

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12137606
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ground crew

Places

Revisions

Date7 Jan 2019 03:01:34
ContributorBluejay89
ChangesChanges to production block number, markings, description, unit associations and person associations
Sources

Son of associated ground crew and nose artist Jay Cowan and documents from the 490th historian

Date13 Feb 2018 03:48:06
ContributorFortCollinsB17
ChangesChanges to nicknames
Sources

Added name, based on image caption and image itself.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:41:56
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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