44-8709 Joltin Joe

media-44498.jpeg UPL 44498 B-17G-80-VE #44-8709 "Joltin' Joe" Code: ET-F
95th BG - 336th BS
formerly with the 100th BG - 350th BS

Object Number - UPL 44498 - B-17G-80-VE #44-8709 "Joltin' Joe" Code: ET-F 95th BG - 336th BS formerly with the 100th BG - 350th BS

Delivered Cheyenne 30/11/44; Hunter 20/12/44; Grenier 6/1/45; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-J] Thorpe Abbotts 8/1/45; transferred as PFF 336BS/95BG [ET-F] Horham 23/1/45; 13m, Returned to the USA Morrison 20/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 28/10/45. FIREBALL RED aka JOLTIN’ JOSE.

Connections

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Units served with

The wreckage of a B-24 Liberator (GO-K) of the 328th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group that has crash landed. A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group is in the background.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39552583
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2064709
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19087003
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-703359
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
The Wilson Crew
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Cheyenne, WY 30 November 1944

Assigned

Thorpe Abbotts Airfield, UK 8 January 1945 100BG 350BS LN-J

Assigned

Horham Airfield, UK 23 January 1945 95BG 336BS ET-F

Revisions

Date8 Aug 2023 07:33:16
ContributorRayWells
ChangesChanges to Related People
Sources

added connections

Date17 Dec 2022 01:33:50
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Date21 Jul 2020 01:07:34
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings, events, unit associations, person associations, place associations and mission associations
Sources

B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/aircraft/357

Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:05
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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