335th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
media-19463.jpeg UPL 19463 Flying Fortress B-17G 42-97376 OE-H "Lucky Lady" 335th BS, 95th BG, 8AF.

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Object Number - UPL 19463 - Flying Fortress B-17G 42-97376 OE-H "Lucky Lady" 335th BS, 95th BG, 8AF.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Horham

People

Andy Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Abraham Bodenstein

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12120017
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Abraham A Bodenstein

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Albert J Boss

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Andrew J Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-102450

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Paisano
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron

42-102455

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lucky Lady aka Screaming Eagle
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron

42-107047

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Doodle Bug
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron

42-107204

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stand By Goin My Way
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "The Shamrock Special" of the 91st Bomb Group.

42-29591

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Shamrock Special
  • Unit: VIII Air Force Service Command 91st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron 401st Bomb Squadron

Mission

835

  • Date: 19 February 1945

8AF 830

  • Date: 14 February 1945
  • Official Description:

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)

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