Penrose Adam Bingaman

Military
media-25754.jpeg UPL 25754 42-30301 Idiots' Delight Hutchinson & Cortright

Hutchinson & Cortright

Object Number - UPL 25754 - 42-30301 Idiots' Delight

Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Ground crew for B-17 Frenesi and the John R Israel Crew #19-9-153

Worked as crew chief on Idiot's Delight (42-30301) in Bury St Edmunds, England



Awards: BS, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30301

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Idiots Delight
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-17G Flying Fortress nicknamed "Frenesi"of the 94th Bomb Group.

42-39775

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Frenesi
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Northumberland County, PA 2 March 1920 Son of Issiah W and Katie S Bingaman.

Died

18 April 2014

Buried

Himmel Church cemetery, Rebuck, PA 21 April 2014 Himmel Church Cemetery Rebuck, Northumberland County, PA

Based

Bury St Edmunds Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF.

Born

Laureldale, PA

Revisions

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Corrected the spelling of "Chief" in the "Role/job" field.

 

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ContributorTom
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Added to idiot's delight reference to biography and associated location. B-17 Fortress at War, Roger Freeman 1977

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Dudley R. Brown

Penrose Adam Bingaman: Gallery (8 items)

Master Sergeant P. "Bing" Bingham and Sergeant George King, ground crewmen of the 94th Bomb Group work on a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30301) nicknamed "Idiot's Delight". Printed caption on reverse: '4230301 - Idiot's Delight, call sign 'J'. 332 Sq. 94th Bomb Group. M/Sgt. P. Bingman (Bing) Crew Chief. Sgt. George King working on engine.'

Object number: FRE 3820 - Master Sergeant P. "Bing" Bingham and Sergeant...

Object number: UPL 25724 - 42-30301 Idiots' Delight

Object number: UPL 25754 - 42-30301 Idiots' Delight

Object number: UPL 25755 - 42-30301 Idiots' Delight

Object number: UPL 25757 - 42-30301 Idiots' Delight

Object number: UPL 25758 - 42-30301 "Idiot's Delight" Back, L-R Wolfe...

Object number: UPL 40094 - "M/Sgt Bingham watches Sgt Pilla paint another...

Object number: UPL 40095 - "Ground crew of the Boeing B-17 'Idiot's Delight'...