James D Baird

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media-55041.jpeg UPL 55041 Lieutenant James D Baird (standing) and Captain James R Bullock enjoy a spot of trout fishing on the banks of the River Test in Hampshire. Lieutenant Baird is the pilot of a 'Fort' (B17 Flying Fortress) from Suring, Wisconsin and Captain Bullock is a B17 navigator from Greensboro, North Carolina. According to the original caption: "These fighters expected trout fishing to bore them, were genuinely surprised and pleased by the enjoyment it gave in spite of little success in the shape of fish.

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Object Number - UPL 55041 - Lieutenant James D Baird (standing) and Captain James R Bullock enjoy a spot of trout fishing on the banks of the River Test in Hampshire. Lieutenant...

James D. Baird enlisted in the Army Air Corps on 15 Mar 1941 at MacDill Field in Florida before the US entered WWII. He flew 24 missions with the 91st Bomb Group before being promoted to Captain. Baird transferred to the 92nd Bomb Group on August 4, 1943, where he flew PFF - Pathfinder B-17s. In some records he is credited with one mission aboard A/C 42-30793, but he was never officially assigned to the 388th.



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The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Blonde Bomber" of the 91st Bomb Group

42-3057

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Picadilly Commando, Blonde Bomber
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Airmen of the 388th Bomb Group climb aboard their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30793) nicknamed "Tom Paine" before a mission. Written on slide casing: 'Tom Paine.'

42-30793

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tom Paine
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 389th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

42-5724

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Thunderbird II, Marnita No. 2
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

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ContributorDouglas P
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Sources

92nd Bomb Group, 91st Bomb Group, 388th Bomb Group Historian, NARA, http://www.91stbombgroup.com/Dailies/322ndjan1943.html,
Information transferred from duplicate listing for James D. Baird

Date
ContributorDouglas P
Changes
Sources

https://388bg.com/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=388-C537&dataTy…

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html

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