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media-32702.jpeg UPL 32702 Kenneth R. Hansen ETO Ration Card Neal T. Hurst

I collect objects from the 96th Bomb Group as my great Uncle served with them in WW2. These two pieces of ephemera are fairly rare and help to document the rest of this airmen's story.

Object Number - UPL 32702 - Kenneth R. Hansen ETO Ration Card

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People

Ross Calvert
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39178606
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31140014
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-808985
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38191213
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 3rd Bomb Division 45th Combat Bomb Wing 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-004614
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Big Chief II
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Personnel of the 55th Royal Armoured Corps with a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Marina the II" of the 381st Bomb Group during a visit to Ridgewell, 1 September 1943. Not To Be Published 1 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'British Tank Men Visit "Flying Corps". Men of the 55th Royal Armour Corps, many of whom have fought in Libya with the 8th Army, were invited to an American aerodrome "somewhere in Britain" to see Flying Fortresses. Keystone Photo Shows:- The R.A.C. men crowd around a Flying Fortre
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Martha II, Lucky Lady
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rum Boogie III
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tarfu ii
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
The nose art a B-17F Flying Fortress (AW-Y, serial number 42-30367) nicknamed "Flak Happy" of the 337th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group. Official caption on image: "(GM-1-8-96)(11-8-43)." Handwritten caption on reverse: '230367. AW-Y. 11/8/43. MIA 8/10/43.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flak Happy
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron

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