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Aerial View of Station 547 Abbots Ripton Home of the 2nd Strategic Air Depot serving the B-17 fleet of the 8th AF
An USAAF Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 41-24639 "The Careful Virgin" in flight over an airfield in England . It was assigned to the 91st Bomb Group, 323rd Bomb Squadron, which arrived at RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire), in Nov 1942. After completing 80 missions, this aircraft was transferred to AFSC for "Operation Aphrodite" (flying bomb). It was launched against German V-1 sites at Mimoyecques, Pas-de-Calais (France) on 4 August 1944, but impacted short of target due to a controller error. USAAF - AFHRA photo 080129-f-3927s-210
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Established | Little Staughton | 12 October 1943 |
| Based | Little Staughton | 12 October 1943 – 1 February 1944 |
| Based | Abbots Ripton | 1 February 1944 – 23 June 1945 |
Military | Sergeant | Photographer
Basic Training in Greensboro, NC at photo school then Denver Co. Took the Queen Mary to England. Stationed at Abbots-ripton from Nove 43 to Mar 45. Our photo lab had up to 18 photographers and all the negatives from other bomb groups that we printed up...
Military | Corporal (Technician Fifth Grade) | Radio Repairman
Meritorious Service Unit Plaque/Good Conduct
Military | First Lieutenant | Maintenance
Army Commendation Medal
Military | Technical Sergeant | Ground Crew
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | 355th Fighter Group
Assigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards:
Post war: Earned a BS in Chemistry at Texas A&M University, subsequently entering a long career as a research chemist with Monsanto St. Louis, MO.
Military
Military | Captain | Chaplain | 35th Air Depot Group
U. Presb.
Military | Sergeant
Whenever a B-17 was damaged beyond repair or could not take off where it landed, we salvaged all parts of the plane including axing fuselage into pieces. We stayed at hotels, English and American bases all over England.
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Military | Technical Sergeant | line chief | 5th Air Depot Group
Spent three years in England doing major repair on battle damaged B-17s.
Bronze Star, EAME, Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal.
Military | Master Sergeant | Ground Crew | 5th Air Depot Group
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-C] Bangor 31/8/42; Bassingbourn 1/10/42; on return from Cognac 43+m 31/12/43, diverted through weather to Gt Dunmow, Andrews Field, then Hunsdon Afd, with Hilary Evers, Co-pilot: Paul McDuffee, Navigator: Frank Keneley,...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 9/9/42; Boise 16/9/42; wrecked on landing with broken crankshaft, rep; Cheyenne 11/10/42; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-W] Bassingbourn 29/1/43 and first in group to have AFCE fitted at 2 SAD Lt Staughton 8/3/44; transferred 7/5/44 50+m...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 4/2/44; Grenier 2/3/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-B] 21 combat missions; Deenethorpe 23/3/44; Taxi accident while waiting to take-off for Equihen, France 2/6/44 with Larry Fitchett, Co-pilot: Bruce Campbell, Navigator: Lawrence Pfeiffer,...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 13/3/43; Casper 28/3/43; Tinker 10/4/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-K] Chelveston 18/5/43 PAPPY'S HELLIONS III;
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Sioux City 14/4/43; Kearney 3/5/43; Dow Fd 24/5/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-Q] in US; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-H] Grafton Underwood 29/5/43; 2 SAD Lt Staughton 14/8/43; transferred Aphrodite Project 803BS RCM Knettishall 1...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 14-May-43; Kearney 30-May-43; Dow Field, Bangor, Maine 2-Jun-43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-P] Horham 15-Jun-43; on Munster raid 10-Oct-43 with Bill Owen, Radio Operator: Sgt Cain WIA in throat, but rescued by RAF ASR, but ship limped...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 30/1/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG Dow Fd 24/4/43; 4m, transferred 100BG /43; 534BS/381BG [GD-M] 15/6/43; 2SAD 13/11/43 ret 15/11/43;
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 1/11/43; Kearney 16/11/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-J] Deenethorpe 14/1/44; on ferry trip from Little Staughton to Deenethorpe 27/1/44 with Mitch Woods, Co-pilot: Leon Van Sycle, Navigator: Rich Montfort, Flight engineer/top turret...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Wendover 7/12/43; Assigned 748BS/457BG [Q] Glatton 26/1/44; battle damaged Lippstade 25/2/44 with Ed Dozier; Co-pilot: , Navigator: , Bombardier: , Flight engineer/top turret gunner: , Radio Operator: Seymour Plissdied...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 19/8/43; Scott 16/9/43; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-N] Molesworth 18/10/43; crash landed on local flight landing on grass beside runway when u/c failed 10/12/43, with John Long, Co-pilot: Amon Earhart, Navigator: George Carroll, Flight...
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 28 June 2016 16:46:08 | Paul Bellamy | Changes to stations |
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2SAD records (AFHRA via ARG Archive) |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 28 June 2016 16:39:04 | Paul Bellamy | Changes to type and stations |
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2SAD records (AFHRA via ARG Archive) |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 30 December 2014 21:20:43 | 466thHistorian | Changes to stations |
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466th BG HIstorian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 30 December 2014 21:20:04 | 466thHistorian | Changes to type, air forces and aircraft types |
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466th BG Historian |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:42:43 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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