429th Bomb Squadron

Squadron

Object Number - UPL 7317 - B-17G-25-DL #42-38078 "Sweet Pea" 2nd Bomb Group - 429th Bomb Squadron - 15th AF

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People

Nilo G Abel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15070644
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Crew chief

Leon D Abel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 429th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32473062
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant

George R Appleton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Unit: 429th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Jack L. Bentley

Jack Leith Bentley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 429th Bomb Squadron 2nd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-23880
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Charles J Brouwer-Ancher

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12027423
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

42-29526 Bugs

42-29526

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bugs
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group 99th Bomb Group 346th Bomb Squadron

42-29584

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sad Sack
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron

42-31655

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron

42-31848

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron

42-3341

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady be good
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:49
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

429th Bomb Squadron: Gallery (16 items)

A 429th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-38078) nicknamed "Sweet Pea" on its way to Russia, on a shuttle mission. The aircraft would later be written off after crash landing at its home airbase on the 1 June 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '429BS, 2BG. 238078, 'Sweet Pea', c/l base 1/6/45.' Printed caption on reverse: '54407 - Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress on shuttle mission to Russia.' On reverse: Substandard Original Material and US Air Force 1361st Photographic S

Object number: FRE 10142 - A 429th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group B-17 Flying...

Object number: UPL 29303 - Italy-This Boeing B-17 received a direct hit by...

Object number: UPL 29304 - This plane received a direct hit by flak over...

Object number: UPL 29332 - Crew of B-17 42-38078 'Sweet Pea' pose after their...

Object number: UPL 37706 - B-17G-50-VE #44-8191 2nd BG - 429th BS - 15th AF

Object number: UPL 40310 - Sweet Pea nose art, pilot Guy Miller, center.

Object number: UPL 43057 - SSGT Dozier Watson Linder Flight Engineer Robert...

Object number: UPL 43932 - B-17G -25- BO 42-31655 of 15th AF after emergency...

Object number: UPL 43933 - B-17G-25-BO 42-31655 emergency crash landing on...

Object number: UPL 46631 - Charles W. Whitworth original flight jacket patch.

Object number: UPL 46632 - Charles W. Whitworth Original Flight jacket Patch.