Hjalmer D Stenseth

Military

Assigned May 1944. 20 June 1944 "Gypsy Girl" lost an engine over the North Sea just before Heligoland. Angry at having to abort the long haul elected to become a one-plane task force trying to achieve something. . It something NaziÉ"

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-107116

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Gypsy Girl
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

42-97903

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Snetterton Falcons, pg 149, 158, 171, 184