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Lieutenant Beaty and "Lady Moe" a donkey mascot of the 96th Bomb Group outside Nissen hut barracks at Snetterton Heath, 1944. Image via Eugene Blue, 96th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Fall 1944, Beety & "Lady Moe" outside out barracks 338th Bomb Sqdn.'

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Lieutenant Beety and "Lady Moe" a donkey mascot of the 96th Bomb Group outside Nissen hut barracks at Snetterton Heath, 1944. Image via Eugene Blue, 96th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Fall 1944, Beety & "Lady Moe" outside out barracks 338th Bomb Sqdn.'

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Units

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

People

Lieutenant Beaty and "Lady Moe" a donkey mascot of the 96th Bomb Group outside Nissen hut barracks at Snetterton Heath, 1944. Image via Eugene Blue, 96th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Fall 1944, Beety & "Lady Moe" outside out barracks 338th Bomb Sqdn.'

William D Beety

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-1297479
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

A bomber crew of the 96th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress, January 1945. Image via Eugene Blue, 96th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Jan 1945. Kirkpatrick (grnd crew), Hank Strauato (Co-pilot), Ray Howel (radio), "Sack", Koncelik (Engineer) + Blue.'

Eugene H Blue

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-3062634
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

"Lady Moe" the donkey mascot of the 96th Bomb Group. Associated caption: 'Lady Moe was Queen of the Heath, and she was free to roam wherever she pleased. She was so popular on the base that both the ball park and movie theatre were neamed for her. Furthermore, like many other pets on the base, she was a seasoned aviator and had actually been on a bombing mision. So she related well to the flying crews and could be seen at the control tower "sweating on" the bombers returning from a mission. Cigarettes wer

Lady Moe the Donkey

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Mascot
Unit: 96th Bomb Group
Role/Job: Mascot

Locations

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 96th Bomb Group at Snetterton Heath. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'BX dispersals Snetterton.'

Snetterton Heath

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Station 138

Revisions

Date: 5 Nov 2022 07:39:47

ContributorLucy May

ChangesChanges to person associations

Sources

Association based on information in caption.

Date: 5 Nov 2022 07:39:47

ContributorLucy May

ChangesChanges to caption and person associations

Sources

Made Connection based on information in the caption of the photograph.

Date: 8 Sep 2014 15:30:19

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection