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A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the crew of the Flying Fortress "Honey Chile" piloted by 2nd. Lieut. Robert W. Biesecker, (of Lexington, North Carolina) at an 8th A.F. Bomber Command Station, in England. 'Scrappy" was presented to the crew while training in U.S. and accompanied the boys on their transatlantic flight to England. "Joe", a pint-sized number, gets around the base on Scrappy's back, was picked up by crew at another station here. Both these mascots have a good number of flying hours to their credit. Photograph shows - The Dog and Monkey mascots of the Fortress "Honey Chile". FOX OCTOBER 43. 35. '
Crew members of the 92nd Bomb Group stand in front of the Boeing B-17F "Flying Fortress" 42-30334 'Virgin Sturgeon'. 8 September 1942, England. NARA Ref 342-FH-3A09038-116421AC.
42-3327 Tet-T-Mote flown by Royal Flush crew #13 Group Mission 025 to Durien Germany
Royal flush 42-30348 Nose Art
B-17G-35-VE #42-97849 "Liberty Bell" Code: DI-O 390th BG - 570th BS
B-17F Flying Fortress 42-30178 "Darlin' Dolly" 335th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
B-17F Flying Fortress 42-30176 'Assassin' 335th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
B-17G-70-BO Flying Fortress "Lady Velma" (FC-C) s/n 43-37831 571st BS, 390th BG, 8th AF. Lt. Clarence R Evans and crew on 1st October 1944. From L-R Hubert l Clark [Tail Gun], Warren Perret [Bombardier], Leon A Hall [Nav], Robert E Gokey [Waist], Franklin B Orr [Radio], Gavin T Spensley [Co-pilot], Clarence R Evans [Pilot], Guy W Woodward [Eng], Archie Goodwin [Ball].
Official Air Ministry Record Site Plan- Dispersed sites 1944
Official Air Ministry Record Site Plan- Airfield site 1944
Built for the Eighth Air Force from 1942 to 43, Framlingham was home first to the 95th Bomb Group, before that unit moved to RAF Alconbury. From 1943 to 1945, it was operated by the 390th Bomb Group. The airfield was handed back to the RAF in 1945, and was for two years used as a transit camp to help with the relocation of displaced Polish people . The airfield’s land was returned to agriculture from 1948. In 1981 a museum was opened in the restored control tower, which today tells the story of the 390th Bomb Group.
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The 390th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Framlingham, Suffolk, between July 1943 and the end of the war in Europe. The Group was engaged in strategic missions until the invasion of Europe when its role became more of a tactical one. This...
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The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
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Browse 18th Weather Squadron photographs and other documents in the 2nd Air Division Memorial Library digital archive here: www.2ndair.org.uk/digitalarchive/Dashboard/Index/60
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 390th Bomb Group
Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. 17-Oct-43 crew bailed out of B-17 42-30610 'Red Ass' when a fire in the fuselage developed during a training flight. 25 x missions (13 x aboard 42-3472 "The Vulture").
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Engineer/Top Turret | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 14
Military | Corporal | Radio Operator | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 20 April 1944 in B-17 #42-37890 "Big Friend". Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) in B-17 #4338665
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Bombardier | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Remained in USAF, serving in Korean conflicts and rising to Lt Colonel.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 390th Bomb Group
Andrew Archiopoli was Bombardier on the Warren Hawes Crew (Crew Number 18) in the 390th Bomb Group. He flew most missions on B-17 #42-31717 “HELLS BELLS”.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 5 June 1944 in B-17 #4297473 'Hap's Hazard. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Darwin Arnold was Co-Pilot on the Warren Hawes Crew (Crew Number 18) in the 390th Bomb Group. He flew most missions on B-17 #42-31717 “HELLS BELLS”.
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 57. Assigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. 21 x missions ( 15 x aboard 42-37932 "Ole Basser" ).
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Sergeant | Radio Operator | 390th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and crashed at Motzing on 7/13/44 in B-17 #42-102533, Prisoner of War (POW).
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Assigned 340BS/97BG Polebrook 15/4/42; transferred 390BG Framlingham 29/6/42; 407BS/92BG [PY-N] Bovingdon /9/42; 401BS/91BG [LL-X] Bassingbourn 22/7/43; 613BS/401BG [IN-P], then 612BS [SC-X] Deenethorpe, Nth. 6/11/43; /390BG Framlingham, 6/11/43; 600BS...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 3/3/44; MacDill 20/3/43; Kearney 22/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-K] Framlingham 5/4/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg (12m) 28/5/44 with Walt Weigle, Co-pilot: Chas Richardson Wounded in Action, Navigator: Herman...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 4/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-A] Horham 6/4/44; with L.J. Price, force landed 4/8/44 sal; with M.S. Roy force landed Framlingham AFB 25/12/44; with H. Rivet force landed France 20/2/45; with J.E....
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 9/3/44; Billings 16/3/43; Gr Island 29/3/44; Grenier 1/4/44; slated 398BG, Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-A] Horham 8/4/44; 21m, transferred 571BS/390BG [FC-X] Framlingham 1/6/44 ODD BALL; Waist gunner: Bob Kincaid (Killed in Action) on...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/44; Kearney 29/3/44; Dow Fd 4/4/44; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 8/4/44; transferred 571BS/390BG [FC-N] Framlingham 9/4/44; Missing in Action {4m} Freidrichahafen 29/4/44 with Bob Rayburn, Co-pilot: Henry Crowley, Navigator: Murray...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/44; MacDill 29/3/44; Bangor 7/4/44; slated 94BG, Assigned 390BG Framlingham 4/4/44; transferred 338BS/96BG [BX-A] Snetterton 5/4/44; Missing in Action Weisbaden 10/11/44 with Art Brodsky, Co-pilot: Art Mortenson, Navigator:...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/44; Kearney 31/3/44; Dow Fd 8/4/44; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-O] Framlingham 11/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 19/5/44 with Dick Tannehill, Navigator: Bob Horst, Bombardier: Elmer Leggett, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Larry...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Dow Fd 7/4/44; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-F] Framlingham 8/4/44; Missing in Action Munich 13/7/44 with George Spann, Co-pilot: Theo Becker, Navigator: Prospero Demarco, Bombardier: Jim Webb, Flight engineer...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 12/3/44; Kearney 30/3/44; Dow Fd 7/4/44; Assigned 569BS/390BG [CC-L] Framlingham 8/4/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 29/7/44 with Harry Stewart, Co-pilot: Norman Quest, Navigator: Marris Todd, Bombardier: Dan Clark, Flight engineer...
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 14 January 2017 14:11:17 | bombercommand | Changes to person associations |
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Missing Air Crew Report #11721 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 04 November 2016 14:23:00 | Lucy May | Changes to aircraft associations |
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Connected aircraft records that have the word 'Framlingham' in their biography fields. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:02:16 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Roger Freeman, Airfields of the Eighth Then And Now (London, 1978) |
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