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B17 "Ice Cold Katie," of the 94th Bomb Group. 1st Lt Antolin Algorri flew 35 missions in this aircraft as Navigator.
A B-17 Flying Fortress (XM-J, serial number 43-38138) nicknamed "Ice Cold Kate" of the 332nd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, takes off. Image via Byron Trent. Written on slide casing: 'XM:J, 338138 94 BG Ice Cold Kate.' Reversed, needs to be re-uploaded.
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Navigator | 94th Bomb Group
As 1st Lieutenant, "Al" Algorri served as Navigator on B-17 I'ce Cold Katie', completing 35 missions from June to December 1944. After the war, he went on to serve in Korea and Vietnam, moving up to a rank of Lt Colonel.
Group
Activated 15 June 1942 at MacDill Field, Florida. Initial organization and training at Pendleton Field, Oregon on 29 June 1942. Primary flight training at Davis-Monthan Field in Arizona from 28 Aug. 42 to 31 Oct. 42; then at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas...
Squadron
Part of 94th Bomb Group.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 4/7/44; Kearney 14/7/44; Grenier 20/7/44; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-J] Rougham 22/7/44; transferred 379BG Kimbolton 23/7/44; 457BG Glatton 24/4/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 1/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 11/7/45;...
Military site : airfield
The airfield was purpose-built for American bomb groups and as such had a 2,000 yard main runway that lain in concrete with a tarred and wood-chipped surface. The scale of bases such as this meant that very often the technical, administrative and...
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| 20 February 2020 16:13:11 | Hot Shot Woska | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nickname, nationality, highest rank, role, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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