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Floyd H Metts

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media-55334.jpeg UPL 55334 42-97265 after the 10/11/1944 received damages are repaired and new sheet metal added to port cheek, resulting in loss of nose art. The name "TEDDY" and heart retained on the chin turret. Nose cone is also changed to a more curved version. 381st Bomb Group collection

381st BGMA

Object Number - UPL 55334 - 42-97265 after the 10/11/1944 received damages are repaired and new sheet metal added to port cheek, resulting in loss of nose art. The name "TEDDY"...

Metts, F. Crew

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

A B-17 Flying Fortress (MS-O, serial number 42-3177) nicknamed "The Hellion", of the 535th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group flies over countryside. Printed caption on reverse: '65922 USAF - From the altitude this Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" of the 381st Bomb Group is flying, the countryside resembles a patchwork quilt. U.S.AIR FORCE PHOTO.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'The Hellion.'

535th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-97265

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Hell's Angel
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron

Places

Ridgewell

Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date10 Aug 2023 22:23:22

Contributorjmoore43

Changes

Sources

Updated STATUS from "Civilian" to "Military" since the person has a Military S/N / Rank.

Added an Association to “Ridgewell”, the home base of the 381st BG.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:09:39

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx

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Object number: UPL 55334 - 42-97265 after the 10/11/1944 received damages are...