Robert L Hughes

Military
media-32468.jpeg UPL 32468 Robert L Hughes

Castles in the Air Robert Bowman

Object Number - UPL 32468 - Robert L Hughes

Plane was 'Nine Little Yanks and a Jerk'

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Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

Skid off runway

42-3271

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nine Little Yanks and a Jerk
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron

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Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added an Association to the 100th BG, the parent bomb group of the 349th, 350th, 351st & 418th Bomb Squadrons & the 412th Air Service group.

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ContributorRayWells
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ContributorAAM
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100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Robert L Hughes: Gallery (2 items)

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