381st Bombardment Group photo gallery information.
42-30034 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VEK Nobody’s Baby at Ridgewell 10th July 1943 NA342
Photo description: High Above A Line Of Republic P-47S (Right) And Boeing B-17S (Left) A Formation Of "Flying Fortresses"Flies Over 8Th Air Force Station 167 In England. 10 July 1943. 42-30034 / Nobody’s Baby Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Pueblo 12/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Presque Is 17/5/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-K] Ridgewell 19/5/43 NOBODY’S BABY (taken by CO Col Leber to UK as no pilot wanted it !) with Lt Col Joe Nazzaro {Gp CO}, Major Conway Hall {HQ}, Lt Edgar Kurner {HQ}, Lt Warren Berning {HQ}, M/Sgt Russell Faust {radio}, M/Sgt Halston Randall {ettg}, Capt Norman Mackay {HQ nav}, Lt Bill Fullick {HQ bomb}, Sgt Phil Costanzo, Pfc Randall Nichols; {4m} transferred 365BS/305BG [XK-D] Chelveston 22/8/43; RAF 100 Gp 28/12/43, RG 13/1/44; training aircraft 20/3/44 to 27/5/45; Salvaged 26/7/45.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204844194 Local ID: 342-FH-3A06083-66243AC
42-30034 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VEK Nobody’s Baby at Ridgewell 8th Aug 1943 NA411
Photo description: The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Nobody'S Baby" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 8 August 1943. 42-30034 / Nobody’s Baby Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Pueblo 12/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Presque Is 17/5/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-K] Ridgewell 19/5/43 NOBODY’S BABY (taken by CO Col Leber to UK as no pilot wanted it !) with Lt Col Joe Nazzaro {Gp CO}, Major Conway Hall {HQ}, Lt Edgar Kurner {HQ}, Lt Warren Berning {HQ}, M/Sgt Russell Faust {radio}, M/Sgt Halston Randall {ettg}, Capt Norman Mackay {HQ nav}, Lt Bill Fullick {HQ bomb}, Sgt Phil Costanzo, Pfc Randall Nichols; {4m} transferred 365BS/305BG [XK-D] Chelveston 22/8/43; RAF 100 Gp 28/12/43, RG 13/1/44; training aircraft 20/3/44 to 27/5/45; Salvaged 26/7/45.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993917 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46302-C65823AC
42-30245 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDL Lucky Lady at Ridgewell 8th Aug 1943 NA357
Photo description: 42-30245 / Lucky Lady Delivered Cheyenne 3/5/43; Smoky Hill 17/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-L] Ridgewell 15/6/43; Missing in Action 5m Schweinfurt 17/8/43; enemy aircraft, crashed Oostmalle, nine miles W of Turnhout, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 381. LUCKY LADY. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Lucky Lady Ii' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, August 8, 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993872 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46274-65817AC
42-31067 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GD Black Widow aka Phyllis at Ridgewell 26th Nov 1943 NA359
Photo description: 42-31067 / Black Widow aka Phyllis Delivered Cheyenne 15/9/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG Ridgewell 20/10/43 BLACK WIDOW; transferred 535BS [MS-T/Q]; {67m} Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 13/12/45. PHYLLIS.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993875 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46275-A65817AC
42-31067 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MST Phyllis aka Black Widow left side at Ridgewell 30th May 1944 NA467
Photo description: 42-31067 / Black Widow aka Phyllis Delivered Cheyenne 15/9/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG Ridgewell 20/10/43 BLACK WIDOW; transferred 535BS [MS-T/Q]; {67m} Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 13/12/45. PHYLLIS.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994001 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46330-C65830AC
42-97061 B-17G Fortress 8AF 91BG401BS LLB General Ike with Capt Melton crew at Bassingbourn NA850
Photo description: Capt. C.M. Melton And Crew Of The 401St Bomb Sq., 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'General Ike'. England. 42-97061 / General Ike Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Grenier 23/2/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG [J] Glatton 13/3/44; transferred 323BS/91BG [OR-U] Bassingbourn 16/3/44; to 401BS [LL-B]; received battle damage on several occasions but always returned to base; Returned to the USA Bradley Fd 13/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45. GENERAL IKE.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204856918 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10669-A62775AC
42-107018 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSU Los Angeles City Limits left side at Ridgewell 30th May 1944 NA467
Photo description: 42-107018 / Los Angeles City Limits Delivered Cheyenne 27/1/44; Kearney 17/2/44; Presque Is 5/3/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-U] Ridgewell 25/3/44; 72m+ Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45. LOS ANGELES CITY LIMITS.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994001 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46330-C65830AC
42-107018 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSU Los Angeles City Limits over occupied Europe 1944 NA768
Photo description: High Above A Dense Carpet Of Clouds, The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Los Angeles City Limits' Heads For A Bomb Run Over Enemy Installations In Europe. 381St Bomb Group. 42-107018 / Los Angeles City Limits Delivered Cheyenne 27/1/44; Kearney 17/2/44; Presque Is 5/3/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-U] Ridgewell 25/3/44; 72m+ Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45. LOS ANGELES CITY LIMITS.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888054 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15719-65921AC
42-107018 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSU Los Angeles City Limits at Ridgewell 10th Mar 1944 NA507
Photo description: High Above A Dense Carpet Of Clouds, The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Los Angeles City Limits' Heads For A Bomb Run Over Enemy Installations In Europe. 381St Bomb Group. 42-107018 / Los Angeles City Limits Delivered Cheyenne 27/1/44; Kearney 17/2/44; Presque Is 5/3/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-U] Ridgewell 25/3/44; 72m+ Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45. LOS ANGELES CITY LIMITS.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993335 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46350-C65835AC
42-31533 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS MSU mission over occupied Europe 1944 NA2623
Photo description: 42-31533 Delivered Denver 18/11/43; Gt Falls 4/12/43; New Castle 13/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-U] Ridgewell 5/1/44; Missing in Action 4m Oschersleben 22/2/44; enemy aircraft, crashed Hajen-on-der-Weser, 10 miles SE of Hameln, Ger; 7KIA-all found in the wreckage. Missing Air Crew Report 2931. High Above A Dense Layer Of Clouds, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 381St Bomb Group Wing Their Way Toward The Target Of The Day In Enemy-Occupied Territory. Europe.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204887847 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15638-65956AC
42-38061 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS MSP Gerogia Rebel II mission over occupied Europe 1944 NA2623
42-38061 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS MSP Gerogia Rebel II mission over occupied Europe 1944 NA2603
42-38061 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS MSP Gerogia Rebel II nose art at Ridgewell 1944 NA2623
Photo description: 42-38061 / Georgia Rebel II Delivered Cheyenne 29/11/43; Kearney 17/12/43; Presque Is 2/1/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-P] Ridgewell 2/2/44; 5+m Missing in Action St Avord 28/4/44 with Harold Henslin, Navigator: Art Guertin, Bombardier: Gene Arning, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Karr, Ball turret gunner: George McLaughlin, Waist gunner: Clarry Williams,Tail gunner: Ed Sell (7 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Maj Osce Jones, Radio Operator: J.W. Padgett,Tail gunner: Bill Blackmon (3 Prisoner of War); flak KOd #3 and ship went down immediately, crashed Avord, 12 miles SE of Bourges, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 4241. (also nicknamed Piccadilly Tilly II and crashed on take off according to Tom O’Brien detailed on mission to Cottbus) GEORGIA REBEL II. High Above A Dense Layer Of Clouds, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 381St Bomb Group Wing Their Way Toward The Target Of The Day In Enemy-Occupied Territory. Europe.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204887847 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15638-65956AC
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204887817 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15628-65946AC
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994091 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46373-A65841AC
42-102703 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VEM Pella Tulip at Debach Suffolk 15th Oct 1944 NA553
Photo description: 42-102703 / Pella Tulip Delivered Cheyenne 26/3/44; Kearney 14/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-M] Ridgewell 22/5/44; {30+m} battle damage Cologne 16/10/44 Pilot: Chas Reseigh; Salvaged. 2 SAD 16/10/44. PELLA TULIP.. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Pella Tulip" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 15 October 1944. damaged 14 oct 44 (you can read this extract from 381st BG diary, the plane landed at Debach, 493rd BG field, that's confirm my opinion with the plane in the background) : "All ships returned home to base safely except one, a 532nd ship, which landed at Debach, in Suffolk. It had sustained a flak hit almost directly over the pilot’s head and ripped off part of the windshield and the top of his compartment Those who sustained injuries were: 1st Lt Charles W. Reseigh, pilot: 1. Wound, contused, right upper arm, and left forearm, abrasions to both arms and face, moderate severity, caused by flak; 1st Lt David R. rautio, co-pilot: 1. Wound, contused mild, right side of forehead; abrasions mild, right forearm and upper arm, also caused by flak; T/Sgt John M. Nushy, top turret gunner: 1. Conjunctivitus, acute, bilateral, traumatic, moderate severity.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994094 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46374-B65841AC
42-102703 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VEM Pella Tulip at Ridgewell 6th Sep 1944 NA425
Photo description: 42-102703 / Pella Tulip Delivered Cheyenne 26/3/44; Kearney 14/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-M] Ridgewell 22/5/44; {30+m} battle damage Cologne 16/10/44 Pilot: Chas Reseigh; Salvaged. 2 SAD 16/10/44. PELLA TULIP.. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Pella Tulip' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 6 Sept 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993938 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46309-A65825AC
42-97357 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPZ The Railroader foreground at Ridgewell 30th May 1944 NA469
Photo description: 42-97357 / The Railroader Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/44; Rapid City 5/3/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 3/5/44; no ops, transferred 533BS/381BG [VP-Z] Ridgewell 19/5/44; {57m} battle damaged Germersheim with Fawcett 13/1/45; force landed continent, Salvaged. THE RAILROADER. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'The Betty L' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 30 May 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994004 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46331-65831AC
42-102585 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG542BS GDA The Betty L at Ridgewell 30th May 1944 NA469
Photo description: 42-102585 / The-Betty-L Delivered Cheyenne 16/3/44; Kearney 1/4/44; Dow Fd 8/4/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-A] Ridgewell 24/4/44; Missing in Action 12m Tours 24/6/44 with Vic Romasco, Navigator: Jim Chandler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elbert Giddens,Tail gunner: Ernie Waldow (4 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Dick Kellum, Radio Operator: Paul Cosandier, Ball turret gunner: Grover Scoggins, Waist gunner: Harry Owens (4 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Ray Stewart (evaded capture) flak hit in radio room, crashed Valleres-le-May, 12 miles SW of Tours, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 6534. THE BETTY L. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'The Betty L' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 30 May 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994004 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46331-65831AC
41-9043 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG542BS GDA1 Peggy D at Ridgewell 26th Nov 1943 NA361
Photo description: 41-9043 / Peggy D aka Little Rock-ette Assigned 342BS/97BG Polebrook 3/42 PEGGY D on co-pilot’s side; with Capt Bill Musselwhite on 1st 8AF mission 17/8/42; 92BG Bovingdon /9/42; transferred 534BS/381BG [GD-A1] Ridgewell 7/43 as hack and tow target; to 2SAD 21/8/43 and ret 24/8/43 used to collect bodies from Isle of Man tragedy 25/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/10/45. LITTLE ROCK-ETTE. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Peggy D" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 26 November, 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993878 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46276-B65817AC
42-30034 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSP Chap’s Flying Circus with crew at Ridgewell 18th Sep 1943 NA1438
Photo description: 42-30029 / “Chap’s” Flying Circus Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 11/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned: 535BS/381BG [MS-P] Ridgewell 29/5/43 Pilot: Frank Chapman, Dick Robinson, Bill Hodge, Wilson Cupp, Otha Frost, Edwin Myers, Ed Pope, John Wardell, Bill Richardson, Bob Gugenheim; MIA {28m} Oschersleben 30/1/44 w/Carl Baer{body washed up 4/2/44}, Co-Pilot: Bob Remple, Navigator: Malcolm Van Hise, Bombardier: Henry Palas, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Vogelbaugh, Radio Operator: Joe Moore, Ball Turret Gunner: Phil Phillipuk, Waist Gunner: John Tully, Waist Gunner: Jim Rigat, Tail Gunner: Ed Meyers (10KIA); Enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea off Gt Yarmouth, MACR 2495. CHAP’S FLYING CIRCUS. Capt. Chapman And Crew Of The 381St Bomb Group Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Chap'S Flying Circus' At 8Th Air Force Station 167, Ridgewell, Essex County, England. 18 September 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204858300 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10968-65852AC
42-30034 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSP Chap’s Flying Circus nose art at Ridgewell 18th Sep 1943 NA415
Photo description: 42-30029 / “Chap’s” Flying Circus Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 11/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned: 535BS/381BG [MS-P] Ridgewell 29/5/43 Pilot: Frank Chapman, Dick Robinson, Bill Hodge, Wilson Cupp, Otha Frost, Edwin Myers, Ed Pope, John Wardell, Bill Richardson, Bob Gugenheim; MIA {28m} Oschersleben 30/1/44 w/Carl Baer{body washed up 4/2/44}, Co-Pilot: Bob Remple, Navigator: Malcolm Van Hise, Bombardier: Henry Palas, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Vogelbaugh, Radio Operator: Joe Moore, Ball Turret Gunner: Phil Phillipuk, Waist Gunner: John Tully, Waist Gunner: Jim Rigat, Tail Gunner: Ed Meyers (10KIA); Enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea off Gt Yarmouth, MACR 2495. CHAP’S FLYING CIRCUS. Capt. Chapman And Crew Of The 381St Bomb Group Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Chap'S Flying Circus' At 8Th Air Force Station 167, Ridgewell, Essex County, England. 18 September 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993923 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46304-A65824AC
42-30029 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSP Chap's Flying Circus enroute to their assigned target NA2615
Photo description: 42-30029 / “Chap’s” Flying Circus Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 11/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned: 535BS/381BG [MS-P] Ridgewell 29/5/43 Pilot: Frank Chapman, Dick Robinson, Bill Hodge, Wilson Cupp, Otha Frost, Edwin Myers, Ed Pope, John Wardell, Bill Richardson, Bob Gugenheim; MIA {28m} Oschersleben 30/1/44 w/Carl Baer{body washed up 4/2/44}, Co-Pilot: Bob Remple, Navigator: Malcolm Van Hise, Bombardier: Henry Palas, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bob Vogelbaugh, Radio Operator: Joe Moore, Ball Turret Gunner: Phil Phillipuk, Waist Gunner: John Tully, Waist Gunner: Jim Rigat, Tail Gunner: Ed Meyers (10KIA); Enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea off Gt Yarmouth, MACR 2495. CHAP’S FLYING CIRCUS.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204887835 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15634-65952AC
42-5846 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSX Tinker Toy at Ridgewell 8th Oct 1943 NA555
Photo description: 42-5846 / Tinker Toy Delivered Long Beach 19/3/43; Pueblo 10/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Presque Is 21/5/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-X] Ridgewell 26/5/43 with Capt Landon Hendricks, Capt John Hamilton, M/Sgt Marshall Peavey line chief, M/Sgt Rhea Rutherford radio, Lt Ernie Murray, Lt Gerald Platz HQ, Lt George Kelly HQ, S/Sgt Mike Duffy HQ, T/Sgt Gerald Reisen HQ; Missing in Action 19+m Bremen 20/12/43 with Dorman Lane, Co-pilot: John Johnston, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Peanoske (3 Prisoner of War), Navigator: Everett Anderson, Bombardier: Dick Mitchell, Radio Operator: Alphonse Melchiorre, Ball turret gunner: Henry Cramer, Waist gunner: Bill Hrapsky, Waist gunner: Joe Fecko,Tail gunner: Frank McDonald (7 Killed in Action); coll with Me109, crashed Ganderksee, three miles W of Delmenhorst, near Bremen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1723. (A/c shown in film shot in Hers To Hold, with Deanna Durbin). TINKERTOY. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Tinker Toy" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 8 October 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994097 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46375-C65841AC
42-97267 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSX The Tomahawk Warrior nose art at Ridgewell 30th May 1944 NA471
Photo description: 42-97267 / The Tomahawk Warrior Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/44; Rapid City 5/3/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 22/4/44; no ops, transferred 535BS/381BG [MS-X] Ridgewell 27/4/44; with Albert Cotea when taxiing caught fire and exploded base 25/4/45; Salvaged 26/4/45. THE TOMAHAWK WARRIOR. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'The Tomahawk Warrior' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 30 May 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994007 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46332-A65831AC
42-97267 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSX The Tomahawk Warrior surrounded in fog at Ridgewell 1944 NA1951
Photo description: 42-97267 / The Tomahawk Warrior Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/44; Rapid City 5/3/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 22/4/44; no ops, transferred 535BS/381BG [MS-X] Ridgewell 27/4/44; with Albert Cotea when taxiing caught fire and exploded base 25/4/45; Salvaged 26/4/45. THE TOMAHAWK WARRIOR. Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 318St Bomb Group Temporarily Grounded At Airfield In England Due To Density Of The Fog.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204842987 Local ID: 342-FH-3A05883-65329AC
42-97882 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPK Station 167 Ridgewell Essex England 4th Jun 1944 NA1917
Photo description: 42-97882 Delivered Tulsa 23/3/44; Kearney 20/5/44; Grenier 27/5/44; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-K] Ridgewell 4/6/44; {81+m} Salvaged 14/6/45. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses" of the 381st Bomb Group line up in preparation for take-off on bombing mission somewhere over enemy installations. 534th Bomb Squadron area in background and 533rd Bomb Squadron area in foreground. England.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204842990 Local ID: 342-FH-3A05884-65330AC
42-30765 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSU Chug-a-lug left side at Ridgewell 3rd Nov 1943 NA363
Photo description: 42-30765 / Chug-a-lug aka Nip n Tuck Delivered Cheyenne 25/7/43; Dyersburg 8/8/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-U] Ridgewell 20/9/43; 9m on training mission 29/12/43 with Bill Ridley, Co-pilot: George Hoffman, Navigator: Eugene Arning, Navigator: Carl Dittus, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Davis, Radio Operator: Jim Stuart (6 Returned to Duty); in very poor visibility clipped some trees and force landed Rodmead Farm, Maiden Bradley, near Warminster, Wilts., UK; Salvaged n/battle damaged 2/1/44. CHUG-A-LUG IV. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Chug-A-Lug" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 3 November, 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993881 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46277-C65817AC
42-30765 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSU Chug-a-lug left side at Ridgewell 3rd Nov 1943 NA2583
Photo description: 42-97503 / Princess Pat Delivered Denver 4/12/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Presque Is 23/12/43; Assigned: 533BS/381BG [VP-X] Ridgewell 13/1/44; crash-landed base Pilot: Chas Carpenter, burned out 26/3/45; Salvaged. 2 SAD. PRINCESS PAT. A Large Formation Of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 381St Bomb Group En Route To Bomb Enemy Installations Somewhere in Europe.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204887769 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15618-65936AC
42-97330 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSS Chug a Lug during a mission over Europe 1944 NA2760
Photo description: 42-97330 / Chug-A-Lug II (IV) Delivered Cheyenne 19/2/44; Hunter 9/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-S] Ridgewell 24/4/44; Missing in Action {33+m} Hamburg 6/11/44 with Julius Levitoff, tog-Joe Ward, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alf Kreutz, Radio Operator: Gil Menendez, Ball turret gunner: Carl Gates, Waist gunner: Tony Skrinski,Tail gunner: Bruce Hillard (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Champion, Navigator: Joe Byrnes (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Rothenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 10154. CHUG-A-LUG II (IV). A Lone Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 381St Bomb Group Wings Its Way To Attack An Enemy Installation In Europe. As It Floats Majestically Along Over Fleecy Clouds It Is Not Alone; There Are More - Many More - Above, Behind And In Front Of It.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888042 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15715-65917AC
42-97330 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSS Chug a Lug during a mission over Europe 1944 NA2766
Photo description: 42-97330 / Chug-A-Lug II (IV) Delivered Cheyenne 19/2/44; Hunter 9/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-S] Ridgewell 24/4/44; Missing in Action {33+m} Hamburg 6/11/44 with Julius Levitoff, tog-Joe Ward, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alf Kreutz, Radio Operator: Gil Menendez, Ball turret gunner: Carl Gates, Waist gunner: Tony Skrinski,Tail gunner: Bruce Hillard (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Champion, Navigator: Joe Byrnes (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Rothenburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 10154. CHUG-A-LUG II (IV). A Lone Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 381St Bomb Group Wings Its Way To Attack An Enemy Installation In Europe. As It Floats Majestically Along Over Fleecy Clouds It Is Not Alone; There Are More - Many More - Above, Behind And In Front Of It.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888066 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15723-65923AC
42-29888 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VEH The Joker left side at Ridgewell 8th Aug 1943 NA373
Photo description: 42-29888 / The Joker Delivered Denver 5/3/43; Gore 6/3/43; Denver 20/3/43; Pueblo 10/4/43; Smoky Hill 5/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-H] Ridgewell 6/4/43 with Bill Baltrusaitis, Art Sample, Martin Honke, Carl Potter, Arnold Hone, Marvin Pease, Harry Thorpe, Wallace McGaughey, Julio Aqualino, Tom Murphy; {20+m} AFSC 11/5/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 6/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Arledge Fd 22/11/44. THE JOKER. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'The Joker' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 8 August 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993884 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46282-65819AC
42-29978 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDF Hell's Angel left side at Ridgewell 8th Aug 1943 NA375
Photo description: 42-29978 / Hell’s Angel Delivered Denver 20/3/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 7/5/43; Dow Fd 24/5/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-F] Ridgewell 31/5/43 with Reinhardt King, Neil Wright, Ed McGlynn, Francis Petrillo, Cecil Fleura, Maynard Unger, Joe Lyons, Albt Pollard, Bob Dwyer, Julius Mann; Missing in Action 3m Schweinfurt 17/8/43 with Reinhardt King, Co-pilot: Henry Peeples, Navigator: Ed McGlynn, Bombardier: Francis Petrillo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cecil Floura, Radio Operator: Maynard Unger, Ball turret gunner: Albt Pollard, Waist gunner: Julius Mann, Waist gunner: Bob Dwyer,Tail gunner: Joe Lyons (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Bad Schwalbach, six miles NW of Wiesbaden, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 382. HELL’S ANGEL. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Hell's Angel' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 8 August 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993887 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46283-A65819AC
42-3134 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG Midway left side at Ridgewell 20th Mar 1944 NA509
Photo description: 42-3134 / Midway Delivered Cheyenne 20/2/43; Presque Is 20/4/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-P] Alconbury 23/5/43; transferred 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 8th FC 29/1/44; 381BG RR aircraft Ridgewell 6/3/44; 838BS/487BG RR aircraft Lavenham 17/7/44; Salvaged 14/6/45. The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses 'Midway' Of The 381st Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 20 March 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994040 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46351-65836AC
42-3134 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPO Flyin' Hobo right side at Ridgewell 8th Aug 1943 NA377
Photo description: 42-30015 / Flyin’ Hobo Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned: 533BS/381BG [VP-O] Ridgewell 6/4/43 FLYING HOBO Pilot: Jim Alexander, Bill McDaniel, Hubert McDaniel, Paul Tull, Germany. ld Fruit, John Lane, Ed Metcalf, Alphonse Molis, Francis Owens, Bill Howell; {12m} Transferred: 368BS/305BG [BO-A] Chelveston 22/8/43; then 366BS [KY-A]; MIA Bremen 26/11/43 w/Fred Jones, Co-Pilot: Meredith Matzenbacher, Navigator: Bill Hux, n-Chas Allen, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Bill Cox, Radio Operator: Ed Mullner, Ball Turret Gunner: Randall Anderson, Waist Gunner: Paul Gay, Tail Gunner: Joe Daly (9KIA), Waist Gunner: Don Cameron (POW); Enemy aircraft, crashed Ipweger Moor, near Rastede, S of Oldenburg, Ger.. MACR 1571.FLYING HOBO. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Flyin' Hobo" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 8 August 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993890 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46284-B65819AC
42-3215 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPS Linda Mary left side at Ridgewell 8th Aug 1943 NA379
Photo description: 42-3215 / Linda Mary Delivered Cheyenne 30/3/43; Presque Is 27/5/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-S] Ridgewell 28/4/43 with Martin Shenk, Bill Grant, Tom Keheley, Moses Hoppenstein, Shirley Goucher, John Sinclair, Mitch LaBuda, George Bardsley, Jim Sloan, Chas Brinton; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Rich Coyle, Co-pilot: John Wierman, Navigator: Bob Hassletine, Bombardier: Bob Baker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alby Seabaugh, Radio Operator: Pete Smith, Ball turret gunner: Dan Mendoza, Waist gunner: John Mueller,Tail gunner: Louis Schultz (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Ray Legg (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Magdeburg area, Ger, Missing Air Crew Report 3000. LINDA MARY. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Linda Mary" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 8 August 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993893 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46285-C65819AC
42-3215 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPS Linda Mary with Capt Shenk crew at Ridgewell 17th Dec 1943 NA1442
Photo description: 42-3215 / Linda Mary Delivered Cheyenne 30/3/43; Presque Is 27/5/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-S] Ridgewell 28/4/43 with Martin Shenk, Bill Grant, Tom Keheley, Moses Hoppenstein, Shirley Goucher, John Sinclair, Mitch LaBuda, George Bardsley, Jim Sloan, Chas Brinton; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Rich Coyle, Co-pilot: John Wierman, Navigator: Bob Hassletine, Bombardier: Bob Baker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alby Seabaugh, Radio Operator: Pete Smith, Ball turret gunner: Dan Mendoza, Waist gunner: John Mueller,Tail gunner: Louis Schultz (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Ray Legg (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Magdeburg area, Ger, Missing Air Crew Report 3000. LINDA MARY. Capt Shenk And Crew Of The 381St Bomb Group Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Linda Mary" At 8Th Air Force Station 167, Ridgewell, Essex County, England. 17 December 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204858306 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10970-B65852AC
42-3215 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPS Linda Mary over occupied Europe 1944 NA2987
Photo description: 42-3215 / Linda Mary Delivered Cheyenne 30/3/43; Presque Is 27/5/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-S] Ridgewell 28/4/43 with Martin Shenk, Bill Grant, Tom Keheley, Moses Hoppenstein, Shirley Goucher, John Sinclair, Mitch LaBuda, George Bardsley, Jim Sloan, Chas Brinton; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Rich Coyle, Co-pilot: John Wierman, Navigator: Bob Hassletine, Bombardier: Bob Baker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alby Seabaugh, Radio Operator: Pete Smith, Ball turret gunner: Dan Mendoza, Waist gunner: John Mueller,Tail gunner: Louis Schultz (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Ray Legg (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Magdeburg area, Ger, Missing Air Crew Report 3000. LINDA MARY.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888327 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15835-66047AC
42-5847 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VET Margie Mae nose art at Ridgewell 8th Aug 1943 NA389
Photo description: 42-5847 / Margie Mae Delivered Long Beach 17/3/43; Pueblo 10/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 19/5/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-T] Ridgewell 26/5/43 with Guerdon Humason, Alf Casaly, Leroy Hames, Bill Tsialas, John Ivey, Albt Parker, Joe Kralik, Frank Fabiano, Walt Anderson, Bob Cummings; Missing in Action 1+m Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Theo Moon, Co-pilot: Jim Hamer, Navigator: Steve Pritz, Bombardier: Bernie McNichol, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Ernharth, Radio Operator: Mike Fleming, Ball turret gunner: John Wheeler, Waist gunner: Wilbur Alsheimer, Waist gunner: Paul Mattfield,Tail gunner: Howie Wood (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Maastricht, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 660. MARGIE MAE. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Margie Mae' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 8 August 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993896 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46290-65821AC
Boeing B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG Rat Poison tail art at Ridgewell 8th Aug 1943 NA391
Photo description: The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Rat Poison' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 8 August 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993899 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46292-A65821AC
42-29988 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS BMS Lucifer Jr left side at Ridgewell 8th Aug 1943 NA393
Photo description: 42-29988 / Lucifer Jr. aka The Uncouth Bastard Delivered Denver 22/3/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 11/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-S] Ridgewell 24/5/43 LUCIFER JR. with Melvin Hecker, Bill Cormany, Edwin Frost, Harry Becker, Bob Crain, Bob Roeder, Earl Miller, Jim O’Hara, Chas Russell, Frank Rumberger; 7m transferred 364BS/305BG [WF-A] Chelveston 22/8/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Bob Holt, Co-pilot: Aubrey Young, Navigator: Ed Ball, Bombardier: Bryce Barrett, Radio Operator: Doris Bowman,Tail gunner: Mike Letanosky (6 Killed in Action), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Blackwell, Ball turret gunner: Bill Frieson, Waist gunner: Frank Rollow, Waist gunner: Floyd Lenning (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Immendorf/Floeverich, near Puffendorf, 12 miles N of Aachen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 914. THE UNCOUTH BASTARD. The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Lucifer Jr. Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 8 August 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993902 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46293-B65821AC
42-3226 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPS Little Chuck nose art at Ridgewell 8th Aug 1943 NA395
Photo description: 42-3226 / Little Chuck Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Dow 23/5/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-S] Ridgewell 25/5/43 with Lt Col Leland Fiegel, Capt Art Briggs, Lt Clayton Greenwood {eng/off}, Maj Garfield Schnabel {medic}, Lt Carey Ballew (statn/off}, M/Sgt Jim Hatton {Ass/eng}, M/Sgt Albt Purchase {rad/op}, T/Sgt Leon Szopinski {Ops/clk}, S/Sgt Harry Cenker {pers/clk}, Lt Spencer Muller {ATC nav}; battle damaged {1m} Antwerp 22/6/43 with Inman Jobe, Co-pilot: Jim Hudson, Navigator: Jim Bradley, Bombardier: Larry Potenza, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Kinley Lindsay, Radio Operator: Henry Klick, Ball turret gunner: Bob Osborne, Waist gunner: Woody Englett, Waist gunner: Tony Fox,Tail gunner: Art Sieber (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed Nth Foreland, Kent, UK. on return from first mission of BG; Salvaged 1/7/43. LITTLE CHUCK. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Little Chuck" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 8 August 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993905 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46294-C65821AC
42-29953 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSQ Man O'War nose art at Ridgewell 8th Aug 1943 NA405
Photo description: 42-29953 / Man o’ War aka Wolfess Delivered Denver 17/3/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 14/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned: 535BS/381BG [MS-Q] Ridgewell 25/5/43 MAN O’ WAR Pilot: Orlando Koenig, Everett Malone, Dave Jones, John Stracotenko, Leo Perkins, Tom Moore, Arth Everett, Bob Colborn, Russ Huebner, Walter Buran; {10m} Transferred: 364BS/305BG [WF-F] Chelveston 22/8/43; on training operation 25/11/43 w/Wetzel Mays, Co-Pilot: Bill Woodward, Navigator: Enoch Markt, Bombardier: Dave Braunig, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Harrison Jones, Radio Operator: Joe Gasperetti, Ball Turret Gunner: Joe Hudyck, Waist Gunner: Leon Brown, Waist Gunner: Chas Newton, Tail Gunner: Chas Neogra (10KIA); coll w/42-30666, ther wreckage of both down at Newton Bromswold, near base, MACR 1402. WOLFESS. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Man O'War' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 8 August 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993908 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46299-65823AC
42-29941 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSR Tarfu left side at Ridgewell 8th Aug 1943 NA407
Photo description: 42-29941 / Tarfu aka TS Tarfu aka TS Too Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/43; Smoky Hill 26/3/43; Dow Fd 12/4/43; Assigned: 337BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 18/4/43 TARFU; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; Transferred: 535BS/381BG [MS-R] Ridgewell 15/7/43 TS TARFU; MIA {15m} Bremen 8/10/43 Pilot: Capt Edwin Manchester, Co-Pilot: Capt Elton Jukes, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jim O’Donnell, Radio Operator: Lorenzo Darrington, Ball Turret Gunner: Art Tucker, Waist Gunner: Anthony Budzic (6KIA), Navigator: Marvin Smith, Bombardier: Keith Moore, Waist Gunner: Matthew Berk, Tail Gunner: Wade McCook (4POW); flak blew ship in half, crashed Talge, 22 miles N of Osnabruck, Germany. MACR 884. TS TOO. (TARFU) The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Tarfu' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 8 August 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993911 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46300-A65823AC
42-29941 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSR Tarfu enroute to their assigned target NA2615
Photo description: 42-29941 / Tarfu aka TS Tarfu aka TS Too Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/43; Smoky Hill 26/3/43; Dow Fd 12/4/43; Assigned: 337BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 18/4/43 TARFU; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; Transferred: 535BS/381BG [MS-R] Ridgewell 15/7/43 TS TARFU; MIA {15m} Bremen 8/10/43 Pilot: Capt Edwin Manchester, Co-Pilot: Capt Elton Jukes, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jim O’Donnell, Radio Operator: Lorenzo Darrington, Ball Turret Gunner: Art Tucker, Waist Gunner: Anthony Budzic (6KIA), Navigator: Marvin Smith, Bombardier: Keith Moore, Waist Gunner: Matthew Berk, Tail Gunner: Wade McCook (4POW); flak blew ship in half, crashed Talge, 22 miles N of Osnabruck, Germany. MACR 884. TS TOO. (TARFU) The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Tarfu' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 8 August 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204887835 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15634-65952AC
42-30864 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MST enroute to their assigned target NA2615
Photo description: Delivered Cheyenne 11/8/43; Gore 13/8/43; Cheyenne 14/8/43; Gr Isle 31/8/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-T] Ridgewell 19/9/43; Missing in Action 2m Bremen 8/10/43 with Bill Cormany, Co-pilot: Maj Bill Ingenhutt, Navigator: Edwin Frost, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Miller, Radio Operator: Bob Roeder, Ball turret gunner: Jim O’Hara, Waist gunner: Jim Dwyer, Waist gunner: Dick Smith,Tail gunner: Lt Bob Weniger (9 Prisoner of War), Bombardier: Bob Black (Killed in Action); flak KO’d #2, crashed Haupstedt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 885.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204887835 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15634-65952AC
42-3522 B 17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPZ Gremlin's Delight over occupied Europe NA2748
Photo description: 42-3522 / Gremlin’s Delite Delivered Hill 21/7/43; Ephrata 4/8/43; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 7/9/43; transferred 337BS/96BG [AWJ] 7/9/43; 533BS/381BG [VP-L] Ridgewell 27/9/43; {16+m} Returned to the USA Okmulgee 9/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 8/12/45. GREMLIN’S DELITE. Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Part Of The 381St Bomb Group Formation, Heads Toward The Target - An Enemy Installation In Europe.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888024 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15709-65443AC
42-97313 B 17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSN The Columbus Miss left side at Ridgewell 30th May 1944 NA473
Photo description: 42-97313 / The Columbus Miss Delivered Cheyenne 17/2/44; Rapid City 10/3/44; Dow Fd 21/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 24/4/44; no ops, transferred 535BS/381BG [MS-N] Ridgewell 5/5/44; battle damaged 51m Cologne 14/1/45 with Roebuck; two bailed, force landed continent; Missing Air Crew Report 11763. THE COLUMBUS MISS. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "The Columbus Miss" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 30 May 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994010 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46333-B65831AC
43-37514 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDB My Son Bob foreground at Ridgewell 30th May 1944 NA473
Photo description: 43-37514 / My Son Bob Delivered Cheyenne 25/4/44; Hunter 5/5/44; Dow Fd 17/5/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-B] Ridgewell 12/8/44; 72+m twice force landed on continent, but returned to base and survived. Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 26/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/11/45. MY SON BOB.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994010 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46333-B65831AC
43-37514 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDB My Son Bob left side at Ridgewell 12th Sep 1944 NA433
Photo description: 43-37514 / My Son Bob Delivered Cheyenne 25/4/44; Hunter 5/5/44; Dow Fd 17/5/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-B] Ridgewell 12/8/44; 72+m twice force landed on continent, but returned to base and survived. Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 26/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/11/45. MY SON BOB.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993950 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46313-B65826AC
42-38159 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDJ Colonel Bub at Ridgewell 10th Apr 1944 NA
Photo description: 42-38159 / Colonel Bub Delivered Denver 2/1/44; Gr Island 14/1/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-J] Ridgewell 21/2/44; battle damaged Aschaffenburg 21/1/45, force landed Continent, repaired and ret 30/1/45; transferred 91BG Bassingbourn 30/5/45; retUS 8/6/45. COLONEL BUB. The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses 'Midway' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 10 April 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994043 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46352-A65836AC
42-38159 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDJ Moore-Fidite at Ridgewell 8th Aug 1943 NA387
Photo description: 42-29731 / Moore-Fidite aka Ol’ Swayback Delivered Denver 12/2/43; Walker 23/2/43; Smoky Hill 28/3/43; Presque 8/4/43; Assigned 413BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 18/4/43 MOOR-FIDITE; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-E] Ridgewell 16/7/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 17/8/43; enemy aircraft and flak KO’d #3, #4 feathered, crashed Ebrach, 18 miles SE of Schweinfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 663. OL’ SWAYBACK.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: NAID: 204993299 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46289-C65820AC
42-38159 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDJ Moore-Fidite at Ridgewell 8th Aug 1943 NA409
Photo description: 42-29731 / Moore-Fidite aka Ol’ Swayback Delivered Denver 12/2/43; Walker 23/2/43; Smoky Hill 28/3/43; Presque 8/4/43; Assigned 413BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 18/4/43 MOOR-FIDITE; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-E] Ridgewell 16/7/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 17/8/43; enemy aircraft and flak KO’d #3, #4 feathered, crashed Ebrach, 18 miles SE of Schweinfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 663. OL’ SWAYBACK. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Moore-Fidite" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 8 August 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993914 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46301-B65823AC
42-31550 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDG Green Hornet 2nd left side at Ridgewell 30th May 1944 NA
Photo description: 42-31550 / Green Hornet 2nd Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Kearney 14/12/43; La Guardia 21/12/43; Presque Is 23/12/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-G] Ridgewell 13/1/44; Missing in Action [55M] Cologne 17/10/44 with Rice; flak, force landed Speelberg, near Holsbeek, NE of Louvain, Bel. some crew bailed, 2WIA but all OK; Salvaged 21/11/44. GREEN HORNET 2ND. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Green Hornet 2Nd" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 30 May 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994013 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46334-C65831AC
42-97084 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDH Spare Charlie foreground left side at Ridgewell 30th May 1944 NA475
Photo description: 42-97084 / Spare Charlie Delivered Cheyenne 25/1/44; Gr Island 20/2/44; Presque Is 28/2/44; Assigned: 534BS/381BG [GD-H] Ridgewell 6/4/44; MIA Tingry-Abbeville 22/6/44 Pilot: Sam Peak, Co-Pilot: Bob Petroski, Navigator: John Lundberg, Bombardier: Allen Osterberg, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Murl Simmons, Radio Operator: Frank Welke, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Scharff, Tail Gunner: Max Rockey (8KIA); Waist Gunner: Dick Oberlin (POW); direct flak KOd #2 and #3, followed by fire an explosion, crashed a mile W of Epagnette, two miles SE of Abbeville, Fr; MACR 5918. SPARE CHARLIE. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Green Hornet 2Nd" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 30 May 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994013 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46334-C65831AC
42-97084 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDH Spare Charlie foreground left side at Ridgewell 30th May 1944 NA465
Photo description: 42-97084 / Spare Charlie Delivered Cheyenne 25/1/44; Gr Island 20/2/44; Presque Is 28/2/44; Assigned: 534BS/381BG [GD-H] Ridgewell 6/4/44; MIA Tingry-Abbeville 22/6/44 Pilot: Sam Peak, Co-Pilot: Bob Petroski, Navigator: John Lundberg, Bombardier: Allen Osterberg, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Murl Simmons, Radio Operator: Frank Welke, Ball Turret Gunner: Bob Scharff, Tail Gunner: Max Rockey (8KIA); Waist Gunner: Dick Oberlin (POW); direct flak KOd #2 and #3, followed by fire an explosion, crashed a mile W of Epagnette, two miles SE of Abbeville, Fr; MACR 5918. SPARE CHARLIE. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Green Hornet 2Nd" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 30 May 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993998 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46329-B65830AC
42-31111 B 17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSR Four Aces, Pat Hand left side at Ridgewell 24th Nov 1943 NA493
Photo description: 42-31111 / Four Aces, Pat Hand Delivered Dallas 20/9/43; Scott 4/10/43; Wilmington 7/10/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-R] Ridgewell 19/10/43; Missing in Action Leverkusen 1/12/43 with Don Noxon, Co-pilot: George Giovannini, Navigator: Edison Eichhorn, Bombardier: Walt Utley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Pete Ludwigsen, Radio Operator: Toby Phillips, Ball turret gunner: John Thompson, Waist gunner: Harry Thompson, Waist gunner: Paul Mogush,Tail gunner: John Channell (10 Killed in Action); flak damage, believed to have come down in seas on return. Missing Air Crew Report 1659. FOUR ACES – PAT HAND. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Four Aces' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 26 Nov. 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994028 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46343-65834AC
42-37721 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDH Sugar right side at Ridgewell 26th Nov 1943 NA495
Photo description: 42-37721 / Sugar Delivered Denver 10/8/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-L] Ridgewell 1/10/43; battle damaged Berlin 19/5/44, sal 2/6/45. SUGAR.The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Sugar' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 26 Nov. 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994031 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46344-A65834AC
42-37721 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDH Sugar belly landed at Ridgewell 22nd Dec 1943 NA025
Photo description: 42-37721 / Sugar Delivered Denver 10/8/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-L] Ridgewell 1/10/43; battle damaged Berlin 19/5/44, sal 2/6/45. SUGAR.Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Sugar' Of The 381St Bomb Group, Undergoes Repairs At 8Th Air Force Station 167, England, 22 December 1943 (Aircraft No. 237721).
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204881516 Local ID: 342-FH-3A13426-66023AC
42-32060 B 17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSV Boulder Buf with Lt Bowser crew at Ridgewell 18th Nov 1944 NA1510
Photo description: 42-32060 / Boulder Buf Delivered Denver 20/1/44; Cheyenne 23/1/44; Kearney 18/2/44; Pilot: John O’Brien forced landing base 6/3/44; Presque Is 19/3/44; Assigned: 535BS/381BG [MS-V] Ridgewell 6/4/44; MIA {48+m}, severe battle damage over Stuttgart 9/12/44 w/Bill Clarke, Co-Pilot: John Murphy, nav-John Simpson, togg-Bill Robey, Ball Turret Gunner: John Sladek, r-op-Harry Hallstrom (all WIA); rest RTD; f/l with # 2 and 3 engines out at Nancy, Fr. Salvaged. 22/12/44. BOULDER BUF. Lt. Bowser And Crew Of The 381St Bomb Group In Front Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Boulder Buf" At 8Th Air Force Station 167, England. 18 November 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204858408 Local ID: 342-FH-3A11005-B65859AC
42-32060 B 17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSV Boulder Buf left side at Ridgewell 30th May 1944 NA459
Photo description: 42-32060 / Boulder Buf Delivered Denver 20/1/44; Cheyenne 23/1/44; Kearney 18/2/44; Pilot: John O’Brien forced landing base 6/3/44; Presque Is 19/3/44; Assigned: 535BS/381BG [MS-V] Ridgewell 6/4/44; MIA {48+m}, severe battle damage over Stuttgart 9/12/44 w/Bill Clarke, Co-Pilot: John Murphy, nav-John Simpson, togg-Bill Robey, Ball Turret Gunner: John Sladek, r-op-Harry Hallstrom (all WIA); rest RTD; f/l with # 2 and 3 engines out at Nancy, Fr. Salvaged. 22/12/44. BOULDER BUF. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress", "Boulder Buf" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 30 May 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993989 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46326-C65829AC
42-3078 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDM Winnsome Winn right side at Ridgewell 8th Aug 1943 NA413
Photo description: 42-3078 / Winnsome Winn Delivered delivered at Cheyenne 30-Jan-43; Assigned to 334BS/95BG Dow Field 24-Apr-43 then to England at Alconbury; transferred to 100BG at Thorpe Abbotts 9-Jun-43, transferred 534BS/381BG [GD-M] 15-Jun-43 at Ridgewell; sent to 2SAD, Alconbury 13-Nov-43, returned to Ridgewell 15-Nov-43; Shot down by German fighters on 7-Jan-44 on a mission to bomb the I. G. Farben plant at Ludwigshafen, Germany. All the crew, except Radio Operator SSgt Peter Kucher who was killed in the fighter attack, baled out and the aircraft crashed at Schiffweiler Germany. Tail Gunner Sgt Anthony E Greco was also killed when his parachute failed to open. Flew 12+ missions with the 381st BG. 2KIA 8POW. MACR 1873 The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Winsome Winn', Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 8 August 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993920 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46303-65824AC
42-3078 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDM Winnsome Winn enroute to its mission target 31st Aug 1943 NA454
Photo description: 42-3078 / Winnsome Winn Delivered delivered at Cheyenne 30-Jan-43; Assigned to 334BS/95BG Dow Field 24-Apr-43 then to England at Alconbury; transferred to 100BG at Thorpe Abbotts 9-Jun-43, transferred 534BS/381BG [GD-M] 15-Jun-43 at Ridgewell; sent to 2SAD, Alconbury 13-Nov-43, returned to Ridgewell 15-Nov-43; Shot down by German fighters on 7-Jan-44 on a mission to bomb the I. G. Farben plant at Ludwigshafen, Germany. All the crew, except Radio Operator SSgt Peter Kucher who was killed in the fighter attack, baled out and the aircraft crashed at Schiffweiler Germany. Tail Gunner Sgt Anthony E Greco was also killed when his parachute failed to open. Flew 12+ missions with the 381st BG. 2KIA 8POW. MACR 1873. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Winsome Winn' Part Of A 381St Bomb Group Formation En Route To Bomb Enemy Installations In Europe - Flies Over The Patchwork Landscape Near Ridgewell, England. 31 August 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204844322 Local ID: 342-FH-3A06147-65924AC
43-38983 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPS Fort Lansing Emancipator left side at Ridgewell 5th Feb 1945 NA417
Photo description: 43-38983 / Fort Lansing Emancipator Delivered Hunter 29/10/44; Dow Fd 9/11/44; Assigned 351BS/100BG Thorpe Abbotts 19/11/44; transferred 533BS/381BG [VP-S] Ridgewell 19/12/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 28/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 30/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45. FORT LANSING EMANCIPATOR. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Fort Lansing Emancipator", Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 5 February 1945.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993926 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46305-B65824AC
42-31990 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSR Stage Door Canteen nose art at Ridgewell 1st May 1945 NA419
Photo description: 42-31990 / Stage Door Canteen Delivered Cheyenne 10/1/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-R] Ridgewell 6/4/44; 113m Returned to the USA 5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 26/2/46. STAGE DOOR CANTEEN. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Stage Door Canteen", Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 1 May 1945.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993929 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46306-C65824AC
44-6809 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSY PFC’s Ltd nose art left side at Ridgewell 5th Feb 1945 NA421
Photo description: 44-6809 / PFC’s Ltd. Delivered Hunter 17/11/44; Dow Fd 2/12/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG (MS-Y) Ridgewell 4/1/45; 45+m Returned to the USA Bradley 10/6/45; Sth Plains 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/11/45. PFC’s LTD. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Pfc'S Ltd.' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 5 February 1945.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993932 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46307-65826AC
44-6115 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDQ Ice Col’ Katy nose art at Ridgewell 6th Sep 1944 NA423
Photo description: 44-6115 / Ice Col’ Katy Delivered Tulsa 6/5/44; Hunter 17/5/44; Dow Fd 27/5/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-Q] Ridgewell 10/6/44; landing accident with Chas Houk 6/1/45; 56+m Returned to the USA Bradley 15/6/45; Sth Plains 19/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45. ICE COL’ KATY. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Ice Col' Katy' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 6 Sept 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993935 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46308-65825AC
44-6115 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDQ Ice Col’ Katy with Lt Harding crew at Ridgewell 9th Aug 1944 NA1460
Photo description: 44-6115 / Ice Col’ Katy Delivered Tulsa 6/5/44; Hunter 17/5/44; Dow Fd 27/5/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-Q] Ridgewell 10/6/44; landing accident with Chas Houk 6/1/45; 56+m Returned to the USA Bradley 15/6/45; Sth Plains 19/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45. ICE COL’ KATY. Lt. Harding And Crew Of The 381St Bomb Group In Front Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Ice Col' Katy' At 8Th Air Force Station 167, Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 9 August 1944..
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204858333 Local ID: 342-FH-3A10979-65856AC
44-6095 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPN Fort Worth Gal at Ridgewell 6th Sep 1944 NA
Photo description: 44-6095 / Fort Worth Gal Delivered Tulsa 29/4/44; Kearney 4/5/44; Dow Fd 21/5/44; Assigned: 533BS/381BG [VP-N] Ridgewell 26/5/44; {30m} MIA Gaggenau 10/9/44 Pilot: Ernest Germano, Co-Pilot: Jim Grey, Navigator: Richard A. Tierney, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed Spaniol, Radio Operator: Bill Shally, Ball Turret Gunner: John Diedrich, Waist Gunner: Cloyd Goody, Alex Donaldson (8POW); Tail Gunner: Harry Siders (KIA); flak, crashed Neibsheim, Ger; MACR 8906. FORT WORTH GAL. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Fort Worth Gal" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 6 Sept 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993941 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46310-B65825AC
43-38158 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDD Smashing Time at Ridgewell 6th Sep 1944 NA429
Photo description: 43-38158 / Smashing Time! Delivered Cheyenne 1/7/44; Kearney 11/7/44; Dow Fd 20/7/44; Assigned: 534BS/381BG [GD-D] Ridgewell 26/7/44; forced landing base 17/12/44 Pilot: John Rice; battle damage {27m} Aschaffenburg 21/1/45 w/Bradley; f/l Sauverne, Fr; Salvaged. 28/2/45. SMASHING TIME! The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Smashing-Time" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 6 Sept 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993944 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46311-C65825AC
43-38158 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDD Smashing Time at Ridgewell 2nd Sep 1944 NA1666
Photo description: 43-38158 / Smashing Time! Delivered Cheyenne 1/7/44; Kearney 11/7/44; Dow Fd 20/7/44; Assigned: 534BS/381BG [GD-D] Ridgewell 26/7/44; forced landing base 17/12/44 Pilot: John Rice; battle damage {27m} Aschaffenburg 21/1/45 w/Bradley; f/l Sauverne, Fr; Salvaged. 28/2/45. SMASHING TIME! A Member Of The British Army Territorial Service Christens The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Smashing Time' Of The 381St Bomb Group At 8Th Air Force Station 167 In England. 2 September 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204848153 Local ID: 342-FH-3A07709-66210AC
42-29923 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VEK Lucky Strike over occupied Europe 1943 NA2750
Photo description: 42-29923 / Pappy’s Hellions III aka The Lucky Strike 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; Transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-K] Ridgewell 11/9/43; battle damaged 2m Keil 4/1/44 with Rowland Evans, Co-pilot: Everett Scarborough, Navigator: Marion Harkness, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Sasson WIS, Radio Operator: Melvin Samuels, Waist gunner: Julius Vargo WIS, Waist gunner: Delbert Rasey WIS, Tail gunner: Hoyt Burckhalter (8 Returned to Duty); Bombardier: Irving Kraut, Ball turret gunner: Julius Rivera 2 KIS – both skull fractures; short of gas and crash landed Church Farm, Cawston, Nfk; 2 SAD Lt Staughton 5/1/44; Salvaged 7/1/44. LUCKY STRIKE.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888027Local ID: 342-FH-3A15710-65688AC
42-29923 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VEK Lucky Strike at Ridgewell 25th Sep 1943 NA367
Photo description: 42-29923 / Pappy’s Hellions III aka The Lucky Strike 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; Transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-K] Ridgewell 11/9/43; battle damaged 2m Keil 4/1/44 with Rowland Evans, Co-pilot: Everett Scarborough, Navigator: Marion Harkness, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Sasson WIS, Radio Operator: Melvin Samuels, Waist gunner: Julius Vargo WIS, Waist gunner: Delbert Rasey WIS, Tail gunner: Hoyt Burckhalter (8 Returned to Duty); Bombardier: Irving Kraut, Ball turret gunner: Julius Rivera 2 KIS – both skull fractures; short of gas and crash landed Church Farm, Cawston, Nfk; 2 SAD Lt Staughton 5/1/44; Salvaged 7/1/44. LUCKY STRIKE.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993281Local ID: 342-FH-3A46279-A65818AC
44-8228 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSL The Alamo at Ridgewell 12th Oct 1943 NA431
Photo description: 44-8228 / The Alamo Delivered Dallas 24/7/44; Langley 17/8/44; Dow Fd 16/9/44; Assigned PFF 418BS/100BG [LD-B] Thorpe Abbotts 18/9/44; transferred 535BS/381BG [MS-L] Ridgewell 3/10/44; 7+m 306BG Thurleigh 5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/5/46. THE ALAMO. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'The Alamo' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 12 October 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993947Local ID: 342-FH-3A46312-A65826AC
42-29751 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG5334S GDD Stuff aka Miss Abortion at Ridgewell 31st Mar 1944 NA497
Photo description: 42-29751 / Miss Abortion aka Stuff Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/43; Walker 23/2/43; Smoky Hill 28/3/43; Presque Is 5/4/43; Dow Fd 12/4/43; Assigned 96BG Grafton Underwood 19/4/43; transferred gr/crew-Alby McLain (all 6 Killed in Service); left wing dipped on landing and pilot unable to correct, crashed Wood Barns Farm, Belchamp St Paul, Ex, a couple of miles from base. Salvaged. STUFF. 534BS/381BG [GD-D] Ridgewell 7/12/43 MISS ABORTION; {21m} crash landed base 31/3/43 on test flight with Wayne Schomburg, Co-pilot: Capt Paul Stull {an engineering officer, believed to be at the wheel}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Carr, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Carter, Radio Operator: Melvin Wilson. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Stuff" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 31 March 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994034 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46345-B65834AC
42-29751 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDD Stuff enroute over occupied Europe 1st July 1943 NA2653
Photo description: 42-29751 / Miss Abortion aka Stuff Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/43; Walker 23/2/43; Smoky Hill 28/3/43; Presque Is 5/4/43; Dow Fd 12/4/43; Assigned 96BG Grafton Underwood 19/4/43; transferred gr/crew-Alby McLain (all 6 Killed in Service); left wing dipped on landing and pilot unable to correct, crashed Wood Barns Farm, Belchamp St Paul, Ex, a couple of miles from base. Salvaged. STUFF. 534BS/381BG [GD-D] Ridgewell 7/12/43 MISS ABORTION; {21m} crash landed base 31/3/43 on test flight with Wayne Schomburg, Co-pilot: Capt Paul Stull {an engineering officer, believed to be at the wheel}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Carr, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Carter, Radio Operator: Melvin Wilson. Formation Of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, Of The 381St Bomb Group, En Route To Bomb Enemy Installations Somewhere In Europe, 1 July 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204887895 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15656-66017AC
42-29751 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDD Miss Abortion at Ridgewell 30th Dec 1943 NA499
Photo description: 42-29751 / Miss Abortion aka Stuff Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/43; Walker 23/2/43; Smoky Hill 28/3/43; Presque Is 5/4/43; Dow Fd 12/4/43; Assigned 96BG Grafton Underwood 19/4/43; transferred gr/crew-Alby McLain (all 6 Killed in Service); left wing dipped on landing and pilot unable to correct, crashed Wood Barns Farm, Belchamp St Paul, Ex, a couple of miles from base. Salvaged. STUFF. 534BS/381BG [GD-D] Ridgewell 7/12/43 MISS ABORTION; {21m} crash landed base 31/3/43 on test flight with Wayne Schomburg, Co-pilot: Capt Paul Stull {an engineering officer, believed to be at the wheel}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Carr, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Carter, Radio Operator: Melvin Wilson. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Miss Abortion" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 30 December 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994037 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46346-C65834AC
42-29751 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDD Miss Abortion over occupied Europe 1943 NA2863
Photo description: 42-29751 / Miss Abortion aka Stuff Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/43; Walker 23/2/43; Smoky Hill 28/3/43; Presque Is 5/4/43; Dow Fd 12/4/43; Assigned 96BG Grafton Underwood 19/4/43; transferred gr/crew-Alby McLain (all 6 Killed in Service); left wing dipped on landing and pilot unable to correct, crashed Wood Barns Farm, Belchamp St Paul, Ex, a couple of miles from base. Salvaged. STUFF. 534BS/381BG [GD-D] Ridgewell 7/12/43 MISS ABORTION; {21m} crash landed base 31/3/43 on test flight with Wayne Schomburg, Co-pilot: Capt Paul Stull {an engineering officer, believed to be at the wheel}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Carr, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Carter, Radio Operator: Melvin Wilson. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 381St Bomb Group, En Route To Bomb Enemy Installations In Europe, Leave Their Trails In The Sky.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994037 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46346-C65834AC
42-29751 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDD Miss Abortion over England 1943 NA2774
Photo description: 42-29751 / Miss Abortion aka Stuff Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/43; Walker 23/2/43; Smoky Hill 28/3/43; Presque Is 5/4/43; Dow Fd 12/4/43; Assigned 96BG Grafton Underwood 19/4/43; transferred gr/crew-Alby McLain (all 6 Killed in Service); left wing dipped on landing and pilot unable to correct, crashed Wood Barns Farm, Belchamp St Paul, Ex, a couple of miles from base. Salvaged. STUFF. 534BS/381BG [GD-D] Ridgewell 7/12/43 MISS ABORTION; {21m} crash landed base 31/3/43 on test flight with Wayne Schomburg, Co-pilot: Capt Paul Stull {an engineering officer, believed to be at the wheel}, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Don Carr, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Carter, Radio Operator: Melvin Wilson. From The Altitude This Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 381St Bomb Group Is Flying, The Countryside Resembles A Patchwork Quilt.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888063 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15722-B65922AC
42-37884 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDJ enroute over occupied Europe 1943 NA2655
Photo description: 42-37884 Delivered Denver 1/10/43; Gr Island 22/10/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-J] Ridgewell 20/12/43; 3m Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with Larry Mickow, Navigator: Roy Wendell, Bombardier: Hugh Maguire, Radio Operator: Julian Chandler, Waist gunner: Ray Nersinger,Tail gunner: Joe Fabianski (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Bill Hennessey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Glendon PiersonWounded in Action, Ball turret gunner: George Ayers, Waist gunner: Jack Dwyer (4 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed near Eppelsheim, between Worms and Alzey, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2241. Formation Of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, Of The 381St Bomb Group, En Route To Bomb Enemy Installations Somewhere In Europe.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204887898 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15657-66028AC
42-97511 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSK Egg Haid enroute over occupied Europe 1943 NA2657
Photo description: Delivered Cheyenne 7/12/43; Albuquerque 15/12/43; Kearney 4/1/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-K] Ridgewell 22/2/44; mid air coll with 42-40011 returning from Aschaffenburg 21/1/45 with Val Crofts, Co-pilot: Nicholas Tauro, Navigator: Seymour Sobole, tog-Ed Jones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gildo Pannacione, Radio Operator: Morris Shapiro, Ball turret gunner: Allen Taylor, Waist gunner: John York,Tail gunner: Milton Swarts (9 Killed in Action); crashed near base; Salvaged 2 SAD Watton, Nfk. EGG HAID. Formation Of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, Of The 381St Bomb Group, En Route To Bomb Enemy Installations Somewhere In Europe.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204887901 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15658-66033AC
42-97511 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSK Egg Haid nose art at Ridgewell 20th Mar 1944 NA503
Photo description: Delivered Cheyenne 7/12/43; Albuquerque 15/12/43; Kearney 4/1/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-K] Ridgewell 22/2/44; mid air coll with 42-40011 returning from Aschaffenburg 21/1/45 with Val Crofts, Co-pilot: Nicholas Tauro, Navigator: Seymour Sobole, tog-Ed Jones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gildo Pannacione, Radio Operator: Morris Shapiro, Ball turret gunner: Allen Taylor, Waist gunner: John York,Tail gunner: Milton Swarts (9 Killed in Action); crashed near base; Salvaged 2 SAD Watton, Nfk. EGG HAID. Formation Of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, Of The 381St Bomb Group, En Route To Bomb Enemy Installations Somewhere In Europe.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993329 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46348-A65835AC
43-37553 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSY The Feather Merchant at Ridgewell 6th Sep 1944 NA435
Photo description: 43-37553 / The Feather Merchant Delivered Cheyenne 28/4/44; Kearney 11/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-Y] Ridgewell 27/5/44; battle damaged {51m} Kassel 1/1/45 with Peters; force landed France, crew flew home in C-47; Salvaged. FEATHER MERCHANT II. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Feathermerchant" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 6 Sept. 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993953 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46314-C65826AC
42-102590 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSM In Like Errol at Ridgewell 6th Sep Mar 1944 NA437
Photo description: 42-102590 / In Like Errol Delivered Cheyenne 17/3/44; Gr Island 10/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-M] Ridgewell 22/5/44; Missing in Action 91m Bremen 30/3/45 with Bob Bennett, Navigator: Paul Cawley, tog-Elbert Holt, Radio Operator: Bob Mumper, Ball turret gunner: Calvin Hockley, Waist gunner: Guy Stubblefield, sj-Chas Majors (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Alex Nelson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chester Slomczenski,Tail gunner: Chas Knaus (3 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Syke, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 13542. IN LIKE ERROL. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'In Like Errol' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 6 September 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993956 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46315-65827AC
42-106994 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VEK Little Guy at Ridgewell 31st Mar 1944 NA439
Photo description: 42-106994 / Little Guy Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; Gr Island 18/2/44; Grenier 22/2/44; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-K] Ridgewell 3/4/44; Missing in Action 37+m Altenbeken 26/11/44 with Kyle Smith, Radio Operator: Lester Colson, Ball turret gunner: Gustavo Contreras (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Don McGurk, Navigator: Melvin LaLuzerne, tog-Byron Wear, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Porter, Waist gunner: Tom Arnold,Tail gunner: Francis DeLange (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Apeldoorn, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 11205. LITTLE GUY. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Little Guy' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 6 September 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993959 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46316-A65827AC
42-106994 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VEK Little Guy over England 1944 NA548
Photo description: 42-106994 / Little Guy Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; Gr Island 18/2/44; Grenier 22/2/44; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-K] Ridgewell 3/4/44; Missing in Action 37+m Altenbeken 26/11/44 with Kyle Smith, Radio Operator: Lester Colson, Ball turret gunner: Gustavo Contreras (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Don McGurk, Navigator: Melvin LaLuzerne, tog-Byron Wear, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Porter, Waist gunner: Tom Arnold,Tail gunner: Francis DeLange (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Apeldoorn, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 11205. LITTLE GUY. Hovering Close To Its Charges, A P-51 Of The 8Th Air Force Practices With A Formation Of Flying Fortresses Over England.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 205002135 Local ID: 342-FH-3A49530-K2293
42-106994 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VEK Little Guy over England 1944 NA548
Photo description: 42-106994 / Little Guy Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; Gr Island 18/2/44; Grenier 22/2/44; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-K] Ridgewell 3/4/44; Missing in Action 37+m Altenbeken 26/11/44 with Kyle Smith, Radio Operator: Lester Colson, Ball turret gunner: Gustavo Contreras (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Don McGurk, Navigator: Melvin LaLuzerne, tog-Byron Wear, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Porter, Waist gunner: Tom Arnold,Tail gunner: Francis DeLange (6 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Apeldoorn, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 11205. LITTLE GUY. Hovering Close To Its Charges, A P-51 Of The 8Th Air Force Practices With A Formation Of B-17S Over England.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 205002144 Local ID: 342-FH-3A49533-K2300
43-37657 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDI The Fox nose art at Ridgewell 6th Sep Mar 1944 NA441
Photo description: 43-37657 / The Fox Delivered Cheyenne 9/5/44; Hunter 22/5/44; Dow Fd 4/6/44; Assigned: 534BS/381BG [GD-I] Ridgewell 10/6/44; battle damage Brux 14/2/45 Pilot: Dean F. Anderson; Grover C. Graves; Gilbert B. Jones; Raymond N. Maes; George E. Smith; Daniel J. McCartney, Jr.; William Trestik; Richard D. Bland; Marcel P. Boisvert; 4POW 6RTD (inc p); Salvaged. 4/3/45. THE FOX. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "The Fox" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 6 September 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993962 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46317-B65827AC
42-38103 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VEB Our Boarding House nose art at Ridgewell 6th Sep Mar 1944 NA443
Photo description: 42-38103 / Our Boarding House Delivered Cheyenne 13/12/43; Gr Island 29/12/43; Presque Is 25/1/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 26/1/44; transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-B] Ridgewell 11/3/44; battle damage over Oberpfaffenhofen on 44th mission 9/4/45 with Mack Hughes, crash landed RAF Lympne, Kent and sal. OUR BOARDING HOUSE. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Our Boarding House" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 6 September 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993965 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46318-C65827AC
43-38127 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSQ Pair of Queens Gee n Bee at Ridgewell 27th Aug 1944 NA445
Photo description: 43-38127 / Pair of Queens, Gee n Bee Delivered Cheyenne 28/6/44; Hunter 15/7/44; Dow Fd 23/7/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-Q] Ridgewell 28/7/44; {67m} transferred 303BG Molesworth; re-ass 398BG Nuthampstead 22/5/45 as re-deployment a/c; no ops, RAF Valley 2/6/45, Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; 41678 BU Sth Plains 15/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45. PAIR OF QUEENS, GEE AND BEE. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Pair Of Queens, Gee Bee' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 27 August 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993968 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46319-65828AC
42-31761 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPO Rotherhithe’s Revenge nose art at Ridgewell 7th Sep Mar 1944 NA447
Photo description: 42-31761 / Rotherhithe’s Revenge Delivered Denver 11/12/43; Gt Falls 17/12/43; Denver 20/12/43; Kearney 30/12/43; RAF Nutts Corner 14/1/44; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-O] Ridgewell; 73+m Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45. ROTHERHITHE’S REVENGE. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Rothernithe'S Revenge' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 7 Sept. 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993971 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46320-A65828AC
42-31761 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPO Rotherhithe’s Revenge nose art at Ridgewell 30th May 1944 NA463
Photo description: 42-31761 / Rotherhithe’s Revenge Delivered Denver 11/12/43; Gt Falls 17/12/43; Denver 20/12/43; Kearney 30/12/43; RAF Nutts Corner 14/1/44; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-O] Ridgewell; 73+m Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45. ROTHERHITHE’S REVENGE. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Rothernithe'S Revenge' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 7 Sept. 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993995 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46328-A65830AC
42-31761 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPO Rotherhithe’s Revenge over occupied Europe 1944 NA2635
Photo description: 42-31761 / Rotherhithe’s Revenge Delivered Denver 11/12/43; Gt Falls 17/12/43; Denver 20/12/43; Kearney 30/12/43; RAF Nutts Corner 14/1/44; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-O] Ridgewell; 73+m Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45. ROTHERHITHE’S REVENGE. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Rothernithe'S Revenge' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 7 Sept. 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204887865 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15647-65997AC also IWM FRE1274
44-6020 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VEA Underground Farmer nose art at Ridgewell 4th Jun 1944 NA449
Photo description: 44-6020 / Under Ground Farmer Delivered Tulsa 6/4/44; Hunter 17/4/44; Dow Fd 8/5/44; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-A] Ridgewell 28/5/44; MIA Brandenburg 6/8/44 Pilot: Allen Webb, Co-Pilot: John Hayes, Navigator: Earl Grossnickle, Bombardier: George Gomez, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Lendon Grisham, Radio Operator: Ralph Murkin, Ball Turret Gunner: Bill Burt, Waist Gunner: Adolph Gonzales (8POW); Tail Gunner: Jack Patrick (KIA); flak, ditched Baltic; MACR 7882. UNDERGROUND FARMER. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Underground Farmer" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 4 June 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993974 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46321-B65828AC
42-97174 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDP Joanne nose art at Ridgewell 4th Jun 1944 NA451
Photo description: 42-97174 / Joanne Delivered Cheyenne 3/2/44; Nashville 19/2/44; Hunter 23/2/44; Grenier 17/3/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-P] Ridgewell 7/4/44; on Berlin mission 24/5/44 with John Williams was hit by debris from two colliding B-17s which burned off surface fabric of rudders and elevator,Tail gunner: Jack Ross (POW- bailed out when he thought aircraft was doomed). Missing in Action 12+m Berlin 21/6/44 with Roy Pendergist, Co-pilot: Joe Lawless, Navigator: Bob Harvey, Bombardier: Eloy Heniff, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Malcolm Muir, Radio Operator: Herb Salzseider, Ball turret gunner: Joe Wilson (7 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Harry Lehman,Tail gunner: Byron King (2 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Wagnitzer Zootzen forest, 11 miles N of Nauen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5993. JOANNE. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Joanne" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 4 June 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993977 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46322-C65828AC
42-97265 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSP Hell’s Angel nose art at Ridgewell 30th May 1944 NA453
Photo description: 42-97265 / Hell’s Angel Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/44; Rapid City 5/3/44; Gr Island 13/4/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 24/4/44; no ops, transferred 535BS/381BG [MS-P] Ridgewell 27/4/44; landing accident at Glatton A/fd with Vince Peters 8/3/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 10/6/45; Sth Plains 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45. HELL’S ANGEL. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress", 'Hell's Angel' of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 30 May 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993980 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46323-65829AC
42-97238 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDI Our Captain nose art at Ridgewell 30th May 1944 NA457
Photo description: 42-97238 / Our Captain Delivered Cheyenne 10/2/44; Kearney 25/2/44; Presque Is 22/3/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-I] Ridgewell 6/4/44; Missing in Action {3m} Kerlin-Bastard, Fr 8/6/44 with John Martyniak, Co-pilot: Dick Kellum, Navigator: Jim Manion, Bombardier: Ray Stewart, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Darrell Longley, Radio Operator: Paul Stewart, Ball turret gunner: Lloyd Jackson, Waist gunner: Albt Fahey,Tail gunner: Wayne Coffey; flak damage, ditched Channel 30 miles W of Jersey, (9 Returned to Duty). OUR CAPTAIN. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress", "Our Captain" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 30 May 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993986 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46325-B65829AC
42-31614 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPL Minnie the Mermaid nose art at Ridgewell 30th May 1944 NA461
Photo description: 42-31614 / Minnie the Mermaid Delivered Cheyenne 27/11/43; Seattle 29/11/43; Portland 2/12/43; Felts Fd 4/12/43; Cheyenne 6/12/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Cleveland 20/12/43; Syracuse 21/12/43; Presque Is 3/1/44; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-L] Ridgewell 21/1/44; battle damaged over Misburg, Ger; 29/11/44 with Joe Nelson, Co-pilot: Ken Schmalz, Navigator: Jerry Pasek, Bombardier: Tom Schnidt, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Larry Levington, Radio Operator: George Comery, Ball turret gunner: Francis Bergermeister, Waist gunner: Harlan Van Over,Tail gunner: Joe Walsh (9 Returned to Duty); force landed Meijel, 20 miles E of Eindhoven, Hol. the crew being quickly evacuated by British ground troops; Salvaged 27/1/45. MINNIE THE MERMAID. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Minnie The Mermaid' Of The 381Th Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 30 May 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993992 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46327-65830AC
42-31614 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPL Minnie the Mermaid over occupied Europe 1945 NA2754
Photo description: 42-31614 / Minnie the Mermaid Delivered Cheyenne 27/11/43; Seattle 29/11/43; Portland 2/12/43; Felts Fd 4/12/43; Cheyenne 6/12/43; Kearney 16/12/43; Cleveland 20/12/43; Syracuse 21/12/43; Presque Is 3/1/44; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-L] Ridgewell 21/1/44; battle damaged over Misburg, Ger; 29/11/44 with Joe Nelson, Co-pilot: Ken Schmalz, Navigator: Jerry Pasek, Bombardier: Tom Schnidt, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Larry Levington, Radio Operator: George Comery, Ball turret gunner: Francis Bergermeister, Waist gunner: Harlan Van Over,Tail gunner: Joe Walsh (9 Returned to Duty); force landed Meijel, 20 miles E of Eindhoven, Hol. the crew being quickly evacuated by British ground troops; Salvaged 27/1/45. MINNIE THE MERMAID. A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Part Of The 381St Bomb Group, En Route To Bomb Enemy Installations In Europe.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888033 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15712-65913AC
42-32025 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPP Dreambaby nose art at Ridgewell 30th May 1944 NA463
Photo description: 42-32025 / Dreambaby Delivered Cheyenne 15/1/44; Gr Island 30/1/44; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-P] Ridgewell 25/2/44; 73+m; first in group to 100m, transferred 34BG Mendelsham, Sfk; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 23/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/12/45. DREAMBABY. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Dreambaby' Of The 381Th Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 30 May 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993995 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46328-A65830AC
42-32025 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPP Dreambaby over occupied Europe 1944 NA2667
Photo description: 42-32025 / Dreambaby Delivered Cheyenne 15/1/44; Gr Island 30/1/44; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-P] Ridgewell 25/2/44; 73+m; first in group to 100m, transferred 34BG Mendelsham, Sfk; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 23/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/12/45. DREAMBABY. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Dreambaby' Of The 381Th Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 30 May 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204887889 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15663-66039AC
42-38117 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MST Touch the Button Nell II at Ridgewell 20th May 1944 NA549
Photo description: 42-38117 / Touch the Button Nell II Delivered Denver 18/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; ass 535BS/381BG {MS-T] Ridgewell 26/2/44; {4+m} MIA Tours 4/7/44 Pilot: Bob Bobrof, Co-Pilot: George DeVono, Navigator: Chas Cole, Bombardier: Bernie Goodman, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Dell, Ball Turret Gunner: Ed Polski, Tail Gunner: Tom Snyder (7KIA); Radio Operator: Clinton Word, Waist Gunner: Ken Hitchcock (2EVD); mech fault, crashed near Amboise, Persac, Fr; MACR 6779. TOUCH THE BUTTON NELL II. (Dug up by French archeological group in Feb. 1986 looking for Roman remains, via crop marks showing from the air, when a farmer pointed out that a US aircraft crashed in that field in WW II ). The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Touch The Button Ii' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 20 March 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994088 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46372-65841AC
42-38117 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MST Touch the Button Nell II over occupied Europe 1944 NA2919
Photo description: 42-38117 / Touch the Button Nell II Delivered Denver 18/12/43; Kearney 31/12/43; ass 535BS/381BG {MS-T] Ridgewell 26/2/44; {4+m} MIA Tours 4/7/44 Pilot: Bob Bobrof, Co-Pilot: George DeVono, Navigator: Chas Cole, Bombardier: Bernie Goodman, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: George Dell, Ball Turret Gunner: Ed Polski, Tail Gunner: Tom Snyder (7KIA); Radio Operator: Clinton Word, Waist Gunner: Ken Hitchcock (2EVD); mech fault, crashed near Amboise, Persac, Fr; MACR 6779. TOUCH THE BUTTON NELL II. (Dug up by French archeological group in Feb. 1986 looking for Roman remains, via crop marks showing from the air, when a farmer pointed out that a US aircraft crashed in that field in WW II ). The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Touch The Button Ii' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 20 March 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888267 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15797-66032AC
42-97214 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDB Carolina Queen belly landed at Ridgewell 8th Apr 1944 NA1994
Photo description: 42-97214 / Carolina Queen Delivered Cheyenne 8/2/44; Kearney 27/2/44; Grenier 8/3/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-B] Ridgewell 25/3/44; Missing in Action 2m Berlin 24/5/44 with John Wardencki, Co-pilot: Chas Dayton, Navigator: Willard Blackfield, Bombardier: Bill Morrison, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Warren Backelin, Radio Operator: Bob Miller, Ball turret gunner: Chas Anderson, Waist gunner: George Elliott,Tail gunner: Harry Telzerow (9 Killed in Action); mid air coll, crashed Gratze, 17 miles NE of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5181. CAROLINA QUEEN. BETTER LATE ? THAN NEVER - Five hours after the other ships in the group had returned from a "bombing mission over Oldenberg, Germany, April 8,44, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Carolina Queen piloted by Lt. Leslie A. Bond, of Chickasha, Okla., came sliding home in a flawless belly landing, Unable to lower the ship's wheels to normal landing position Lt. Bond was compelled to circle about until what is believed to be the first successful tool-passing job in the ETO was accomplished. Lt. Col. Conway S. Hell of North Little Rock, Ark. deputy group commander, piloted the Fortress from which special tools used to jettison Carolina Queen's ball turret, were passed by cable to a crewman standing in the radio hatch of the latter ship. Patterned after the successful aerial refueling stunts of old endurance fliers the wartime version was enacted. With tools so unusually provided, Carolina Queen ball turret was able to be loosened and finally dropped over the English Channel. Lt. Bond returned to base and brought his ship in for a perfect toboggan landing, made easier on both pilot and plane by absence of obstructing fuselage straining under turret. Only damage was bent propeller and skinned undercarriage and it will be in the air very shortly.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204884425 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15307-51925AC
42-32049 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDD Yankee Rebel nose art at Ridgewell 30th May 1944 NA455
Photo description: 42-32049 / Yankee Rebel Delivered Denver 16/1/44; Cheyenne 22/1/44; Gr Island 17/2/44; Grenier 20/3/44; Assigned: 534BS/381BG [GD-D] Ridgewell 6/4/44; MIA {20+m} Mulhouse 3/8/44 Pilot: John Wilcock, Co-Pilot: Stan Hutchinson, Navigator: Chas Marsh, Bombardier: Norbert Lucas, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Alf Prinz, Radio Operator: Bob Friel, Ball Turret Gunner: Chas Evans, Waist Gunner: John Ramsay, Tail Gunner: Dick Fall (9KIA); flak, one engine out, crashed Nth Sea off Holland; (pilot’s body washed up Orfordness, UK, a few days later). MACR 7883. YANKEE REBEL. Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Yankee Rebel' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 30 May 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993983 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46324-A65829AC
42-30834 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDE Mickey Finn over occupied Europe 1944 NA2752
Photo description: 42-30834 / Mickey Finn Delivered Cheyenne 3/8/43; Geiger 15/8/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-E] Ridgewell 23/9/43; 9m battle damaged Frankfurt 4/2/44 with John Kuhl, Co-pilot: Ashley Hamory, rest of crew? etc., two engines out, but crew decided to make for home only to crash landed base. Salvaged 7/2/44. MICKEY FINN. A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Part Of The 381St Bomb Group, Flies Above A Carpet Of Clouds As It Heads For The Target, Somewhere In Europe.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888030 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15711-65912AC
42-30834 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDE Mickey Finn over occupied Europe 1944 NA2581
Photo description: 42-30834 / Mickey Finn Delivered Cheyenne 3/8/43; Geiger 15/8/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-E] Ridgewell 23/9/43; 9m battle damaged Frankfurt 4/2/44 with John Kuhl, Co-pilot: Ashley Hamory, rest of crew? etc., two engines out, but crew decided to make for home only to crash landed base. Salvaged 7/2/44. MICKEY FINN. A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Part Of The 381St Bomb Group, Flies Above A Carpet Of Clouds As It Heads For The Target, Somewhere In Europe.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204887787 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15617-65935AC
42-3118 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDC The Green Hornet over occupied Europe 1944 NA2581
Photo description: 42-3118 / Daisy June aka Shack Rabbit aka The Green Hornet Delivered Cheyenne 27/2/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-A] Thurleigh 16/4/43 DAISY JUNE; transferred 413BS SHACK RABBIT; transferred 534BS/381BG [GD-N] Ridgewell 6/7/43; Missing in Action 14m Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Austin Larson, Co-pilot: Francis Wilson, Navigator: Horace Neff, Bombardier: George Regan, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Edwin Nix, Radio Operator: Mike Trainer, Ball turret gunner: Milt Copeland, Waist gunner: John Crawbuck,Tail gunner: Alex Williams (9 Prisoner of War), Waist gunner: Ross Defenbaugh (Killed in Action); two engines KO’d by enemy aircraft and flak, crashed out of control at Goslar near Bernburg, 20 miles SW of Oschersleben, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1875. THE GREEN HORNET. A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Part Of The 381St Bomb Group, Flies Above A Carpet Of Clouds As It Heads For The Target, Somewhere In Europe.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204887787 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15617-65935AC
42-31291 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPF Avengress nose art at Ridgewell 31st Mar 1944 NA515
Photo description: 42-31291 / Avengress Delivered Cheyenne 16/10/43; Gr Island 26/10/43; Palm Springs 8/11/43; Assigned: 533BS/381BG [VP-F] Ridgewell 11/12/43; MIA {14m} Berlin 24/5/44 Pilot: Carl Gardon, Bombardier: Bill Moseley (2KIA); Co-Pilot: Archie Sornberger, Navigator: Ed Soltwedel, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ken Cornell, Radio Operator: Don Schaub, Ball Turret Gunner: Allen Shaw, Waist Gunner: Jacob Rush, Tail Gunner: John O’Neal (7POW); attacked by Me 109s, KOd #3 and set wing on fire, crashed Wilmersdorf, four miles E of Bernau, Germany. MACR 5176. AVENGRESS.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994049 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46354-C65836AC
42-30613 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSS Shoo Shoo Baby nose art at Ridgewell 31st Mar 1944 NA517
Photo description: 42-30613 / Shoo Shoo Baby Delivered Cheyenne 29/6/43; Gore 30/6/43; Gr Isle 16/7/43; Dalhart 20/7/43; Gr Isle 26/7/43; Assigned: 813BS/482BG [PC-J] Alconbury with Oboe Mk I radar 10/43; Transferred: 535BS/381BG [MS-S] Ridgewell 28/2/44; crash: takeoff for Oldenburg 8/4/44 Pilot: Harlan Soeder, Co-Pilot: Phiol Mulhall, Navigator: Jerome Becker, Bombardier: George Grote, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Harry Sedoryk, Radio Operator: John Boland, Ball Turret Gunner: Frank Marushack, Waist Gunner: Alan Hawkinson, Waist Gunner: Bob Megee, Tail Gunner: Milton Bailes (10RTD), skidded on take off and nosed up in dirt at end of runway; 2 SAD Lt Staughton 9/4/44; Salvaged. 12/4/44.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994052 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46355-65837AC
42-39997 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPR Big Mike aka Frenchy’s Folly at Ridgewell 31st Mar 1944 NA519
Photo description: 42-39997 / Big Mike aka Frenchy’s Folly Delivered Long Beach 29/10/43; ass 533BS/381BG [VP-R] Ridgewell 13/1/44 as BIG MIKE; on mission to Leipzig Pilot: George Hansen, Radio Operator: Ed Senk (KIA); sustained severe battle damage on Rheims mission 2/5/44, but repaired by many volunteers over weeks, including fitting an F-model wing on a G aircraft. When it passed all tests, assigned back in action completing 100 missions, before returning to States, 121 BU Bradley 30/5/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 21/10/45; Scrapped: Kingman 28/11/45. FRENCHY’S FOLLY. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress", 'Big Mike' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 30 May 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994055 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46356-A65837AC
42-39997 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPR Big Mike aka Frenchy’s Folly at Ridgewell 31st Mar 1944 NA2987
Photo description: 42-39997 / Big Mike aka Frenchy’s Folly Delivered Long Beach 29/10/43; ass 533BS/381BG [VP-R] Ridgewell 13/1/44 as BIG MIKE; on mission to Leipzig Pilot: George Hansen, Radio Operator: Ed Senk (KIA); sustained severe battle damage on Rheims mission 2/5/44, but repaired by many volunteers over weeks, including fitting an F-model wing on a G aircraft. When it passed all tests, assigned back in action completing 100 missions, before returning to States, 121 BU Bradley 30/5/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 21/10/45; Scrapped: Kingman 28/11/45. FRENCHY’S FOLLY. Formation Of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 381St Bomb Group, Dropping Bombs Over Enemy Target Somewhere In Europe.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888327 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15835-66047AC
42-31570 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPW Lucky Me nose art at Ridgewell 31st Mar 1944 NA521
Photo description: 42-31570 / Lucky Me Delivered Denver 24/11/43; Kearney 11/12/43; Romulus 18/12/43; Presque Is 20/12/43; Assigned: 533BS/381BG [VP-W] Ridgewell 2/2/44; MIA {65m} Frankfurt 25/9/44 Pilot: Oscar Gills, Co-Pilot: Chas Prenatt, Navigator: Don Adams, Bombardier: Bill Rudisill, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Paul Parks, Radio Operator: Minor Stowe, Ball Turret Gunner: Shelby Cook, Waist Gunner: Leo Krainz, Tail Gunner: Harry Mourning (9POW); mech fault, crashed St Goar, Germany. MACR 10203. LUCKY ME! The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress", "Lucky" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 30 May 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994058 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46357-B65837AC
42-31357 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSN Our Desire nose art at Ridgewell 31st Mar 1944 NA533
Photo description: 42-31357 / Our Desire Delivered Cheyenne 25/10/43; Gr Island 3/11/43; Romulus 12/11/43; Assigned: 535BS/381BG [MS-N] Ridgewell 11/12/43; on mission to Achmer 21/2/44 Pilot: George McIntosh; Navigator: Allen Bergreen, Bombardier: Bill Piekarski baled out and became POWs; MIA {10m} Schweinfurt 13/4/44 w/Jim Mullane, Co-Pilot: Pax Sherwood, n-Pat O’Phelan, b-John Kirby, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed Stahlke, Radio Operator: Bob Kettlety, Ball Turret Gunner: Thaddeus Tarczynski, Waist Gunner: Lew Sparrow, Tail Gunner: Frank Troxler (9POW); flak ko’d #3, lost altitude and another engine caught fire, eventually ship exploded and crashed Klosterkumbd, four miles N of Simmern/Hunsruck, 22 miles S of Koblenz, Germany. MACR 3865. OUR DESIRE. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Our Desire' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 31 March 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994064 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46364-65839AC
42-31357 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSN Our Desire over occupied Europe 1944 NA2987
Photo description: 42-31357 / Our Desire Delivered Cheyenne 25/10/43; Gr Island 3/11/43; Romulus 12/11/43; Assigned: 535BS/381BG [MS-N] Ridgewell 11/12/43; on mission to Achmer 21/2/44 Pilot: George McIntosh; Navigator: Allen Bergreen, Bombardier: Bill Piekarski baled out and became POWs; MIA {10m} Schweinfurt 13/4/44 w/Jim Mullane, Co-Pilot: Pax Sherwood, n-Pat O’Phelan, b-John Kirby, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed Stahlke, Radio Operator: Bob Kettlety, Ball Turret Gunner: Thaddeus Tarczynski, Waist Gunner: Lew Sparrow, Tail Gunner: Frank Troxler (9POW); flak ko’d #3, lost altitude and another engine caught fire, eventually ship exploded and crashed Klosterkumbd, four miles N of Simmern/Hunsruck, 22 miles S of Koblenz, Germany. MACR 3865. OUR DESIRE.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888327 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15835-66047AC
42-31197 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPQ Shack Rabbit nose art at Ridgewell 31st Mar 1944 NA535
Photo description: 42-31197 / Shack Rabbit Delivered Denver 30/9/43; Gr Island 1/11/43; Romulus 6/11/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-Q] Ridgewell 13/1/44; {28m} Returned to the USA Homestead 12/7/44; 4136 BU Tinker 6/8/44; 4100 BU Patterson 5/2/45; 4210 BU Lambert 16/4/45; 4000 BU Wright Fd 26/6/45; 611 BU Eglin 2/4/46; 4117 BU Robins 27/12/46; Re-ass AMCWR 31/3/47; Recl Comp 14/9/48. SHACK RABBIT. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Shack Rabbit' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 31 March 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994067 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46365-A65839AC
44-8010 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VEJ Whirlaway nose art at Ridgewell 20th Mar 1944 NA537
Photo description: 44-8010 / Whirlaway Delivered Dallas 11/5/44; Langley 29/6/44; Dow Fd 15/7/44; Assigned PFF 532BS/381BG [VE-J] Ridgewell 8/8/44; transferred 91BG Bassingbourn 15/1/45; 306BG Thurleigh 23/5/45. Salvaged 9AF Germany 21/6/45; re-ass 30/4/47; Recl Comp 19/11/47. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Whirlaway" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 20 March 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994070 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46366-B65839AC
42-30732 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDB Pistol Packin' Mama at Ridgewell 20th Dec 1943 NA541
Photo description: 42-30732 / Pistol Packin’ Mama Delivered Denver 21/7/43; Geiger 6/8/43; Pendleton 7/8/43; crash landed Prestwick, Scotland with Eugene Boyd 13/9/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-B] Ridgewell 26/9/43; {7m} on non-op ferry trip with personnel to Lt Staughton Depot 3/2/42, with Harold Hytinen, Co-pilot: Howard Kesley, Navigator: Rich Maurstead, Navigator: Rich Schuit, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Lee, Radio Operator: Mike Taft, two pass. Lt Ed Haushalter, F/O Bob Haring (8 Returned to Duty); attempting to land at Lt Staughton lost left landing gear in rough landing and was instructed to divert ship to Alconbury where it crash landed safely; Salvaged n/battle damaged. PISTOL PACKIN’ MAMA. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Pistol Packin' Mama' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 20 December 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994076 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46368-65840AC
42-3411 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VEI JoMo nose art at Ridgewell 22nd Jan 1944 NA543
Photo description: 42-3411 / JoMo Delivered Dallas 1/6/43; Homestead 11/7/43; Assigned 8AF, force landed Prestwick with Peter Dustman 16/9/43 and ground looped; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-I] Ridgewell 21/9/43; {11+m} transferred AFSC 19/5/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 12/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Fd 10/5/45.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994079 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46369-A65840AC
42-31099 B 17G Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VEG Tenabove nose art at Ridgewell 22nd Jan 1944 NA545
Photo description: 42-31099 / Tenabove Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/32; Gt Falls 2/10/43; Scott 22/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 8/11/43; transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-G] Ridgewell 21/11/43; Missing in Action 8m Frankfurt 11/2/44 with Bob Laux, Navigator: Phlemon Wright, Bombardier: Judson Doyle, Radio Operator: Abe Helfgott, Ball turret gunner: Rich Hamilton, Left Waist gunner: Tom Glennan, Right Waist gunner: Rudolph Cutino (7 EVD-six back in UK 26/3/44, Doyle by 30/9/44); Co-pilot: Don Harrer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Holton,Tail gunner: Henry Barr (3 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed SE of Forges-Les-Eaux, about two miles SW of Illois, 15 miles W of Poix-de-Picardie, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 2431. TENABOVE. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Tenabove" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 24 January 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994082 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46370-B65840AC
42-39797 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSG Nancy-M nose art at Ridgewell 24th Jan 1944 NA547
Photo description: 42-39797 / Nancy-M Delivered Long Beach 4/9/43; Scott 19/9/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO- ] Grafton Underwood 2/11/43; transferred 535BS/581BG [MS-K] Ridgewell 21/1/44; {3m} battle damaged Ludwigshaven 12/2/44 with Milton Fastrup, Co-pilot: Ed Mann, Navigator: Martin King, Bombardier: Howard Atkinson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Elmer Estle, Radio Operator: Ray Glauer, Ball turret gunner: Bill Provonsha, Waist gunner: Chris Shorten, Waist gunner: Georgte Dynan,Tail gunner: John Snyder (10 Returned to Duty); sal 13/2/44. NANCY M. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Nancy-M" Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 24 January 1944.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204994085 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46371-C65840AC
42-39797 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSG Nancy-M nose art at Ridgewell 24th Jan 1944 NA547
Photo description: 44-8024 Delivered Dallas 14/5/44; Langley 29/6/44; Grenier 21/7/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-O] Ridgewell 15/8/44; 15+m transferred 306BG Thurleigh 23/5/45; re-ass 30/4/47; 10 HBS Oberpfaffenhofen 11/7/46; Recl Comp 7/1/49.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888075 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15726-66036AC
44-8024 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDO was a Radar pathfinder ship over occupied Europe Nov 1944 NA2591
44-8024 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDO was a Radar pathfinder ship over occupied Europe Nov 1944 NA2782
Photo description: 44-8024 Delivered Dallas 14/5/44; Langley 29/6/44; Grenier 21/7/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-O] Ridgewell 15/8/44; 15+m transferred 306BG Thurleigh 23/5/45; re-ass 30/4/47; 10 HBS Oberpfaffenhofen 11/7/46; Recl Comp 7/1/49. #44-8216 of 384th BG. Loaned to the 381st BG for missions on 30/12/1944 and 31/12/1944 with 381st BG crew. So this photo were taken on one of these two days. #44-8216 failed to return on January 10th 1945. Just 10 or 11 days after this photo.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204887799 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15622-65940AC
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888075 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15726-66036AC
381st Bomb Group B-17 Fortresses enroute to Frankfurt Germany NA2593
Photo description: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 381St Bomb Group, En Route To Bomb Enemy Installations At Frankfurt, Germany.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204887802 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15623-65941AC
381st Bomb Group 534th Bombardment Squadron B-17 Fortresses over occupied Europe NA2631
Photo description: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, Part Of A 381St Bomb Group Formation, En Route To Bomb Enemy Installations Somewhere In Europe.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204887859 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15642-65965AC
42-102966 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDF Avengress II over occupied Europe 1944 NA2673
Photo description: 42-102966 / Avengress II Delivered Cheyenne 23/4/44; Kearney 7/5/44; Dow Fd 21/5/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-F] Ridgewell 23/5/44; {102m} Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45. AVENGRESS II. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, Of The 381St Bomb Group, Drone On Toward Enemy Targets In Europe.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204887922 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15666-66043AC
42-102966 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDF Avengress II over occupied Europe 1944 NA2673
Photo description: 42-102966 / Avengress II Delivered Cheyenne 23/4/44; Kearney 7/5/44; Dow Fd 21/5/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-F] Ridgewell 23/5/44; {102m} Returned to the USA Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/12/45. AVENGRESS II. Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 381St Bomb Group, En Route To Bomb Enemy Installations In Europe.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204887832 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15633-65951AC
42-37786 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VEB Hit Parader over occupied Europe 1944 NA2885
Photo description: 42-37786 / Hit Parader Delivered Denver 27/8/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 2/11/43; transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-B] Ridgewell 21/11/43; Missing in Action Augsburg 25/2/44 with Don Henderson, Co-pilot: Jack Fournier, Bombardier: Nick DeRose, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Raoul Ramos (4 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Earl Wonning, Radio Operator: Boyd Burgess, Ball turret gunner: Anthony Korkuc*, Waist gunner: Tom Hunnicut, Waist gunner: Tony Bartolo,Tail gunner: Dale Schilling (6 Killed in Action); turbo-chargers damaged by flak and attack by ME109, with Curt Clemens of III/JG3; crashed Willmandingen, nine miles SW of Reutlingen, Ger; seen burning on ground by other crews of 532BS; Missing Air Crew Report 2933. (* Nephew Bob Korkuc wrote book on this loss, called – Threads of a Distant Past.) Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 381St Bomb Group En Route To Bomb Enemy Installations In Europe, Are Photographed Against A Backdrop Of Vapor Trails.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888216 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15780-65981AC
42-37786 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VEB Hit Parader over occupied Europe 1944 NA2875
Photo description: 42-37786 / Hit Parader Delivered Denver 27/8/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 2/11/43; transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-B] Ridgewell 21/11/43; Missing in Action Augsburg 25/2/44 with Don Henderson, Co-pilot: Jack Fournier, Bombardier: Nick DeRose, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Raoul Ramos (4 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Earl Wonning, Radio Operator: Boyd Burgess, Ball turret gunner: Anthony Korkuc*, Waist gunner: Tom Hunnicut, Waist gunner: Tony Bartolo,Tail gunner: Dale Schilling (6 Killed in Action); turbo-chargers damaged by flak and attack by ME109, with Curt Clemens of III/JG3; crashed Willmandingen, nine miles SW of Reutlingen, Ger; seen burning on ground by other crews of 532BS; Missing Air Crew Report 2933. (* Nephew Bob Korkuc wrote book on this loss, called – Threads of a Distant Past.) Against A Background Of Vapor Trails Left By Preceding Heavy Bombers, A Formation Of 381St Bomb Group Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Heads For The Target, Somewhere In Europe.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888201 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15775-65974AC
42-29761 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPW Martha II over occupied Europe 1944 NA2885
Photo description: 42-29761 / Martha II aka Lucky Lady aka Ruth L II Delivered Denver 15/2/43; Walker 27/2/43; Salina 10/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 17/4/43 RUTH L II (re-named LUCKY LADY); transferred 533BS/381BG [VP-W] Ridgewell 14/7/43; Missing in Action 28m Brunswick 30/1/44 with Henry Steele, Co-pilot: Jim Settle, Navigator: Bob Anderson, Bombardier: Leopold Flores, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Perry Beach,Tail gunner: Paul Welch (6 Prisoners of War); Radio Operator: Wilbert Eason, Ball turret gunner: Harry Lee, Left Waist gunner: Harry Holtz, Right Waist gunner: Pete Hlynsky (4 Killed in Action); flak n enemy aircraft, crash landed between Bakel n Deurne, Hol. MACR 2244. MARTHA II.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888216 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15780-65981AC
42-29761 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPW Martha II nose art at Ridgewell 24th Jan 1944 NA371
Photo description: 42-29761 / Martha II aka Lucky Lady aka Ruth L II Delivered Denver 15/2/43; Walker 27/2/43; Salina 10/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 17/4/43 RUTH L II (re-named LUCKY LADY); transferred 533BS/381BG [VP-W] Ridgewell 14/7/43; Missing in Action 28m Brunswick 30/1/44 with Henry Steele, Co-pilot: Jim Settle, Navigator: Bob Anderson, Bombardier: Leopold Flores, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Perry Beach,Tail gunner: Paul Welch (6 Prisoners of War); Radio Operator: Wilbert Eason, Ball turret gunner: Harry Lee, Left Waist gunner: Harry Holtz, Right Waist gunner: Pete Hlynsky (4 Killed in Action); flak n enemy aircraft, crash landed between Bakel n Deurne, Hol. MACR 2244. MARTHA II.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993287 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46281-C65818AC
42-29506 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VEA Full Boost aka White Swan over occupied Europe 1944 NA2895
Photo description: 42-29506 / Full Boost! aka White Swan Delivered Cheyenne 28/12/42; Salina 9/1/43; Morrison 12/2/43; Homestead 18/2/43; Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-V] Chelveston 2/3/43 YE WHITE SWAN; transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-A] Ridgewell 22/8/43; Missing in Action Leverkusen 1/12/43 with Jason Duncan, Waist gunner: Harry Starkey, Waist gunner: Morris Wall,Tail gunner: Roy Mattson (4 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Harry Allchin, Navigator: Mac Huffman, Bombardier: Bob Kesslar, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vinal Wade, Radio Operator: Ed Doherty, Ball turret gunner: Leon Jeffers (6 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft started fire in #1, but ship exploded in air, crashed Steenvoorde, five miles E of Cassel, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1578. FULL BOOST. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 381St Bomb Group Wings Its Way Toward The Target Somewhere In Europe. Far In The Distance Two Formations Leave Vapor Trails Streaming Behind Them As They Roar Onward.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888231 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15785-65986AC
42-29506 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VEA Full Boost aka White Swan over occupied Europe 1944 NA2764
Photo description: 42-29506 / Full Boost! aka White Swan Delivered Cheyenne 28/12/42; Salina 9/1/43; Morrison 12/2/43; Homestead 18/2/43; Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-V] Chelveston 2/3/43 YE WHITE SWAN; transferred 532BS/381BG [VE-A] Ridgewell 22/8/43; Missing in Action Leverkusen 1/12/43 with Jason Duncan, Waist gunner: Harry Starkey, Waist gunner: Morris Wall,Tail gunner: Roy Mattson (4 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Harry Allchin, Navigator: Mac Huffman, Bombardier: Bob Kesslar, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vinal Wade, Radio Operator: Ed Doherty, Ball turret gunner: Leon Jeffers (6 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft started fire in #1, but ship exploded in air, crashed Steenvoorde, five miles E of Cassel, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1578. FULL BOOST. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 381St Bomb Group Wings Its Way Toward The Target Somewhere In Europe. Far In The Distance Two Formations Leave Vapor Trails Streaming Behind Them As They Roar Onward.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888048 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15717-65920AC
42-29983 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPX Gloria Ann aka Iris aka Uncle Sammy at Ridgewell 8th Aug 1944 NA381
Photo description: 42-29983 / Gloria Ann aka Iris aka Uncle Sammy Delivered Cheyenne 20-Mar-43; Dyersburg 31-Mar-43; Presque Isle 10-Apr-43; Dow Field, Bangor, Maine 12-Apr-43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-K] Grafton Underwood 24/4/43 GLORIA ANN; Andrews Field 13-May-43; Snetterton 12-Jun-43; transferred 533BS/381BG [VP-X] Ridgewell 17-Jun-43. Missing in Action 6m Schweinfurt 17-Aug-43 Damaged by flak and abandonded over Kesseling, Germany, five miles SW of Ahrweiler, Germany. UNCLE SAMMY
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993290 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46286-65820AC
42-29983 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPX Uncle Sammy on climb over England enroute to their next mission 1944 NA2555
Photo description: 42-29983 / Gloria Ann aka Iris aka Uncle Sammy Delivered Cheyenne 20-Mar-43; Dyersburg 31-Mar-43; Presque Isle 10-Apr-43; Dow Field, Bangor, Maine 12-Apr-43; Assigned 338BS/96BG [BX-K] Grafton Underwood 24/4/43 GLORIA ANN; Andrews Field 13-May-43; Snetterton 12-Jun-43; transferred 533BS/381BG [VP-X] Ridgewell 17-Jun-43. Missing in Action 6m Schweinfurt 17-Aug-43 Damaged by flak and abandonded over Kesseling, Germany, five miles SW of Ahrweiler, Germany. UNCLE SAMMY formation of Boeing B-17 "Flying ofrtresses" of the 381st Bomb Group en route to bomb enemy installations somewhere in Europe.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204887618 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15604-65336AC
42-30018 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VEL Old Coffins at Ridgewell 22nd Aug 1943 NA383
Photo description: 42-30018 / Old Coffins Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 19/5/43; Assigned 423BS/381BG [VE-L] Ridgewell 24/5/43 with Capt Joe Alexander, Co-pilot: Bill Crowley, Navigator: Jack Wemmer, Bombardier: Jim Nance, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Mault Thompson, Radio Operator: Walt Ferens, Ball turret gunner: Pete Garvan, Waist gunner: Joe Fazarti,Tail gunner: George Johnsen; 14m transferred 365BS/305BG [XK-J] Chelveston 22/8/43; 2 BAD Warton 20/3/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 23/6/44; Amarillo 7/7/44; Keesler 6/11/44; Sheppard 24/3/45; Amarillo 4/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 28/12/45. OLD COFFINS.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993293 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46287-A65820AC
42-30018 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VEL Old Coffins over England 1943 NA1692
Photo description: 42-30018 / Old Coffins Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 19/5/43; Assigned 423BS/381BG [VE-L] Ridgewell 24/5/43 with Capt Joe Alexander, Co-pilot: Bill Crowley, Navigator: Jack Wemmer, Bombardier: Jim Nance, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Mault Thompson, Radio Operator: Walt Ferens, Ball turret gunner: Pete Garvan, Waist gunner: Joe Fazarti,Tail gunner: George Johnsen; 14m transferred 365BS/305BG [XK-J] Chelveston 22/8/43; 2 BAD Warton 20/3/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 23/6/44; Amarillo 7/7/44; Keesler 6/11/44; Sheppard 24/3/45; Amarillo 4/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 28/12/45. OLD COFFINS. Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses"Of The 381St Bomb Group Fly Over The English Countryside As They Head For The Target - An Enemy-Held Installation - In Europe.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204842809 Local ID: 342-FH-3A05754-65958AC
42-30024 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS OQA Caroline later VPA over England 1943 NA1692
Photo description: 42-30024 / Caroline Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Smoky Hill 10/4/43; Pueblo 26/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned: 533BS/381BG [(OQ-A)VP-A] Ridgewell 25/5/43 Pilot: Bob Withers, Bill Duggan, Bill Turner, Leon English, Lou Smalowitz, Ervin Bohlander, Jim Lintgen, Joe Kristapovich, Elwood Harris, Chris Langolf; destroyed in base explosion 23/6/43 and damaged several others (23 men KIS: Lt Paul Tull, nco’s-Ervin Bohlander, Elwood Harris, Henry Buongiorno, Christan Langolf, Joe Kristpovich, Roger Allen, George Fiamma, Melvin Jerkins, Elmer Madden, Guy McDuffee, Bob Ashcraft, Chas Wilton, Mike Egan, Jim Lintgen, Dennis Collins, Joe Neel, Louis Smulowitz, Chas Feeley, Milton Foerstal, Jim King, Jim Main, Joe Sproha, and a civilian, John Hunwick, cycling by on the way to work; twi injuries W/O Joe Nutt (shock) and Gen Burkland (broken leg). Carried Brig Gen Hunter CO 8AF Fighter Command as observer on first mission on previous day.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204842809 Local ID: 342-FH-3A05754-65958AC
42-3092 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPT Strato Sam over England 1943 NA1692
Photo description: 42-3092 / Strato Sam (Toughest Crew That Ever Flew) Delivered Cheyenne 18/2/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-T] Ridgewell 4/43 with Capt Bob Post, Bob Nelson, Fred Nudell engineer, Harry Baylerian radio, Capt Joe Murray S-2, M/Sgt Andy Banas line chief, S/Sgt Joe Johnson elec/spec, Cpl Adrian Johnson AFCE spec, S/Sgt Olin David bomb sight maint, Lt Jim Morrison ARC nav; Missing in Action 7m Schweinfurt 17/8/43 with Jim Hudson, Co-pilot: Bill Grant, Navigator: Ron Delaney, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Vaughn, Radio Operator: Dave Pinsky, Ball turret gunner: John Vaughn, Waist gunner: Ford Thueson, Ball turret gunner: Jim Wakefield,Tail gunner: George Doyle (9 Prisoner of War), Bombardier: Ken Robinson (KIA, chute lines tangled in aircraft and unable to jump); shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Pesch, four miles SW of Munsterreifel, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 399. STRATO SAM (TOUGHEST CREW THAT EVER FLEW).
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204842809 Local ID: 342-FH-3A05754-65958AC
42-3092 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPT Strato Sam at Ridgewell 8th Aug 1943 NA397
Photo description: 42-3092 / Strato Sam (Toughest Crew That Ever Flew) Delivered Cheyenne 18/2/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-T] Ridgewell 4/43 with Capt Bob Post, Bob Nelson, Fred Nudell engineer, Harry Baylerian radio, Capt Joe Murray S-2, M/Sgt Andy Banas line chief, S/Sgt Joe Johnson elec/spec, Cpl Adrian Johnson AFCE spec, S/Sgt Olin David bomb sight maint, Lt Jim Morrison ARC nav; Missing in Action 7m Schweinfurt 17/8/43 with Jim Hudson, Co-pilot: Bill Grant, Navigator: Ron Delaney, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Vaughn, Radio Operator: Dave Pinsky, Ball turret gunner: John Vaughn, Waist gunner: Ford Thueson, Ball turret gunner: Jim Wakefield,Tail gunner: George Doyle (9 Prisoner of War), Bombardier: Ken Robinson (KIA, chute lines tangled in aircraft and unable to jump); shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Pesch, four miles SW of Munsterreifel, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 399. STRATO SAM (TOUGHEST CREW THAT EVER FLEW).
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993302 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46295-65822AC
42-30009 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VEG Feather Merchant nose art at Ridgewell 8th Aug 1943 NA399
Photo description: 42-30009 / Feather Merchant Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Hobbs 6/5/43; Presque Is 21/5/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned: 532BS/381BG [VE-G] Ridgewell 25/5/43 Pilot: Leo Jarvis, Gene Mancinelli, Dick Riley, Bill Lockhart, Harry Seymore, Warren Heintz, Harry Strecher, Chas Persinger, Gene Roehl, Herman Grossman; MIA {5m} Bremen 8/10/43 w/Jack Pry, Co-Pilot: Cecil Quinley, Navigator: Roger Burwell, Bombardier: Theo Snyder, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Ed LaPointe, Radio Operator: Russ Frauschti, Waist Gunner: Carl Baird, Tail Gunner: Martin Brandt (8POW), Ball Turret Gunner: Irvin Smith, Waist Gunner: Alf Johnson (2KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Hagewede-Brockum, 10 miles S of Diepholz, Germany. MACR 1397. FEATHER MERCHANT.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993305 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46296-A65822AC
42-3123 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSZ Ron Chee nose art at Ridgewell 8th Aug 1943 NA401
Photo description: 42-3123 / Ron Chee Delivered Denver 18/2/43; Dow Fd 10/4/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG 4/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 535BS/381BG [MS-Z] Ridgewell 16/7/43; Missing in Action 7m Bremen 8/10/43 with Leslie Kemp, Co-pilot: Bill Heim, Navigator: Frank Tomlin, Bombardier: Tom Nelson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Jennette, Radio Operator: Walt Richards, Ball turret gunner: Gilles Gentry, Waist gunner: Ray Duffy, Waist gunner: Jim Stinsman,Tail gunner: Ed Osborn (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Fladdderlohausen, 10 miles SE of Quackenbruck,Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1396. RON CHEE.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993308 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46297-B65822AC
42-5379 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG Yankee Eagle nose art at Ridgewell 8th Aug 1943 NA403
Photo description: 42-5379 / Yankee Eagle Delivered Tulsa 26/11/42; Salina 10/1/43; Morrison 4/2/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-D] Bassingbourn 15/3/43; {21+m inc some with 381BG}; transferred 527BS/379BG [FO-W] Kimbolton 19/8/43; AFSC 8/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 14/9/44; 4136 BU Tinker 6/1/45; 4100 BU Patterson 11/2/45; 4000 BU Wright 3/8/45 convert to TB-17F (weather). YANKEE EAGLE.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993311 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46298-C65822AC
42-107100 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VED Century Note nose art at Ridgewell 29th May 1944 NA477
Photo description: 42-5379 / Yankee Eagle Delivered Tulsa 26/11/42; Salina 10/1/43; Morrison 4/2/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-D] Bassingbourn 15/3/43; {21+m inc some with 381BG}; transferred 527BS/379BG [FO-W] Kimbolton 19/8/43; AFSC 8/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 14/9/44; 4136 BU Tinker 6/1/45; 4100 BU Patterson 11/2/45; 4000 BU Wright 3/8/45 convert to TB-17F (weather). YANKEE EAGLE.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993314 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46335-65832AC
42-107100 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VED Century Note over occupied Europe 1944 NA2756
Photo description: 42-5379 / Yankee Eagle Delivered Tulsa 26/11/42; Salina 10/1/43; Morrison 4/2/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-D] Bassingbourn 15/3/43; {21+m inc some with 381BG}; transferred 527BS/379BG [FO-W] Kimbolton 19/8/43; AFSC 8/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 14/9/44; 4136 BU Tinker 6/1/45; 4100 BU Patterson 11/2/45; 4000 BU Wright 3/8/45 convert to TB-17F (weather). YANKEE EAGLE. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Century Note' Part Of The 381St Bomb Group Formation, Wings Its Way Over Fleecy Clouds, En Route To Bomb Enemy Installations In Europe.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888036 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15713-65914AC
42-5845 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDA Whaletail II over England 1943 NA2802
Photo description: 42-5845 / Whale Tail II Delivered Long Beach 17/3/43; Pueblo 10/4/43; Smoky Hill 7/5/43; Dow Fd 24/5/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-A] Ridgewell 25/5/43 with Capt Dave Kunkel Sq CO, Capt George Shackley Ops off, Elton Jukes ass Ops off, Paul Stull eng off, Bill Dailey S-2 off, M/Sgt Percy Casey line chief, M/Sgt Marc Blanchette comm chief, Lee Williams inst spec, S/Sgt Rogelio Valdez pers clk, Lt Jack Firestone nav; received battle damaged on 6/9/43 Stuttgart with Dexter Lishon and force landed Peasemarsh, Sussex, UK; repaired and ret to unit; Missing in Action 13+m Bremen 20/12/43 with Leo Canelake, Co-pilot: Harry Johnson, Navigator: Jesse Boston, Bombardier: Max Cisek, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul McDonald, Radio Operator: Tony Hernandez, Ball turret gunner: John Avrett, Waist gunner: Rich Brown, Waist gunner: Tom Phillips,Tail gunner: Francis Belgrasch (10 Killed in Action); flak, ditched North Sea. Missing Air Crew Report 1724. WHALETAIL II.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888105 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15736-112040ACC
42-31878 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSZ Spamcan nose art at Ridgewell 10th Apr 1944 NA479
Photo description: 42-31878 / Spamcan Delivered Cheyenne 30/12/43; Kearney 18/1/44. Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-Z] Ridgewell 20/2/44. Missing in Action 5+m Berlin 24/5/44 with Walt Higgins, Radio Operator: Ed Delgado, Ball turret gunner: Bob Thomson, Waist gunner: Don Thomas, Waist gunner: Franklin Collister,Tail gunner: Bob Smith (6 Killed in Action). Co-pilot: Herb Burns, Navigator: Jim Beck, Bombardier: Bob Hughes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Baird (4 Prisoner of War). FW 190 attacked and pieces immediately flew off bomber, followed by explosion north of Berlin, crashing near Niendorf and Polchow, five miles S of Rostock, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5177. SPAMCAN.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993317 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46336-A65832AC
42-32102 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSO Male Call aka Julie Linda at Ridgewell 10th Apr 1944 NA481
Photo description: 42-32102 / Male Call aka Julie Linda Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Kearney 14/2/44; Grenmier 25/2/44; Presque Is 28/2/44; Assigned: 535BNS/381BG [MS-O] Ridgewell 3/5/44 MALE CALL; battle damage {55m} Mannheim 1/2/45, crash-landed base Pilot: Curtis Kuhns 1/2/45; Salvaged. 2 SAD Lt Staughton 2/2/45. JULIE LINDA.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993320 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46337-B65832AC
42-37733 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSM Patches n’ Prayers at Ridgewell 10th Apr 1944 NA483
Photo description: 42-37733 / Patches n’ Prayers Delivered Denver 10/8/43; Gr Island 3/9/43; with D.H. Keller at Buffalo, NY 4/9/43 where navigator was killed when stepping from aircraft into still spinning prop; Assigned 813BS/482BG [PC-W] Alconbury 12/9/43 with Oboe Mk I radar; transferred 535BS/381BG [MS-M] Ridgewell 22/2/44; Missing in Action Oranienberg 18/4/44 with Harlan Soeder, Co-pilot: Phil Mulhall, Navigator: Jerome Becker, Bombardier: George Grote, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Sedoryk, Radio Operator: John Boland, Ball turret gunner: Frank Marushack, Waist gunner: Alan Hawkinson,Tail gunner: Milton Bailes (9 Prisoner of War); flak KOd #4, then #2 caught fire, crew bailed, crashed Eldena, six miles SW of Ludwigslust, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4051. PATCHES N’ PRAYERS.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993323 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46338-C65832AC
42-31497 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDN Round Trip Jeannie at Ridgewell 10th Apr 1944 NA501
Photo description: 42-31497 / Round Trip Jeannie Delivered Cheyenne 11/11/43; Kearney 1/12/43; Wilmington 13/12/43; Westover 16/12/43; Presque Is 17/12/43; Assigned: 534BS/381BG [GD-N] Ridgewell 22/1/44; MIA Cottbus 11/4/44 Pilot: Bob Hesse, Co-Pilot: Bob Gatewood, Navigator: Theo Noga, Bombardier: Leo Bach, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Brua Hollenbeck, Radio Operator: Frank Sexton, Ball Turret Gunner: Bernie Blanch, Waist Gunner: Alvin Nelson, Tail Gunner: Roy Puryear (9POW); flak, crashed Welkenberg, six miles SW of Weisswasser, Germany. MACR 3821. (First group loss with only a nine man crew-less a waist gunner) ROUND TRIP JEANNIE.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993326 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46347-65835AC
42-37969 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG532BS VEL Old Irongut nose art at Ridgewell 10th Mar 1944 NA505
Photo description: 42-37969 / Old Irongut Delivered Denver 29/10/43; Gr Island 13/11/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-L] Ridgewell 23/12/43; 54m sal n/battle damaged 2 SAD 315/45. OLD IRONGUT.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993332 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46349-B65835AC
42-38004 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDA Ol’ Man Tucker at Ridgewell 10th Mar 1944 NA525
Photo description: 42-38004 / Ol’ Man Tucker Delivered Denver 10/11/43; Presque Is 30/11/43; Prestwick, UK 7/12/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-A] Ridgewell 6/1/44; 6 Missing in Action Eschwege 19/4/44 with Bob Rayburn, Co-pilot: Maynard Craft, Radio Operator: Don Peterson (3 Killed in Action); Navigator: Loren Morse, Bombardier: Ralph Simons, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Purser, Ball turret gunner: John Bristow, Waist gunner: De Forest Main,Tail gunner: Gerald Gerber (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, the flak set wing alight, crashed Rohrsburg, NW of Frettenrode, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4052. OL’ MAN TUCKER.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993338 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46360-65838AC
42-38004 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDA Ol’ Man Tucker over Avord airfield France 5th Feb 1944 NA967
Photo description: 42-38004 / Ol’ Man Tucker Delivered Denver 10/11/43; Presque Is 30/11/43; Prestwick, UK 7/12/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-A] Ridgewell 6/1/44; 6 Missing in Action Eschwege 19/4/44 with Bob Rayburn, Co-pilot: Maynard Craft, Radio Operator: Don Peterson (3 Killed in Action); Navigator: Loren Morse, Bombardier: Ralph Simons, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Purser, Ball turret gunner: John Bristow, Waist gunner: De Forest Main,Tail gunner: Gerald Gerber (6 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, the flak set wing alight, crashed Rohrsburg, NW of Frettenrode, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4052. OL’ MAN TUCKER. On The Bomb Run Over Avord, France, A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 381St Bomb Group Has Opened Its Bomb Bay Doors And Soon Will Be Over The Target To Drop Another Load Of Bombs On Enemy Installations.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204890358 Local ID: 342-FH-3A16403-65919AC
Boeing B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG Myrt's Avenger nose art at Ridgewell 31st Mar 1944 NA527
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Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993341 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46361-A65838AC
Boeing B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG Duckie nose art at Ridgewell 31st Mar 1944 NA527
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Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993347 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46363-C65838AC
42-97076 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDK Dee Marie nose art at Ridgewell 31st Mar 1944 NA529
Photo description: 42-97076 / Dee Marie Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Gr Island 6/2/44; Presque Is 27/2/44; Assigned: 457BG Glatton 8/3/43; Transferred: 534BS/381BG [GD-K] Ridgewell 15/3/44; landing accident at base Pilot: Troy Jones 31/12/44; {63m} Returned to US: Bradley 9/6/45; 4168 BU Sth Plains 13/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 25/11/45. DEE MARIE.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993344 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46362-B65838AC
42-3177 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSO The Hellions at Ridgewell 8th Aug 1943 NA385
Photo description: 42-3177 / The Hellion Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 351BG Polebrook 26/4/43; transferred 337BS/96BG [AW-K] HELLER’S ANGEL Andrews Field, then THE HELLION /43; 535BS/381BG [MS-O] Ridgewell 15/7/43; {28m} transferred to RAF 214 Sq [SR376] BU-? Sculthorpe, Nfk.; 1699 Flt 4Z-? Sculthorpe, Nfk. 25/1/44. Written off 11/3/47.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204993296 Local ID: 342-FH-3A46288-B65820AC
42-3177 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSO The Hellions over England 1943 NA2772
Photo description: 42-3177 / The Hellion Delivered Cheyenne 11/3/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 351BG Polebrook 26/4/43; transferred 337BS/96BG [AW-K] HELLER’S ANGEL Andrews Field, then THE HELLION /43; 535BS/381BG [MS-O] Ridgewell 15/7/43; {28m} transferred to RAF 214 Sq [SR376] BU-? Sculthorpe, Nfk.; 1699 Flt 4Z-? Sculthorpe, Nfk. 25/1/44. Written off 11/3/47.From The Altitude This Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 381St Bomb Group Is Flying, The Countryside Resembles A Patchwork Quilt.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888060 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15721-A65922AC and IWM FRE1278
42-37962 B-17F Fortress 8AF 381BG534BS GDK Betty Lou over occupied Europe with thick cloud cover 1944 NA2542
Photo description: 42-37962 / Betty Lou Delivered Denver 26/10/43; Gr Island 12/11/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-L] Ridgewell 20/12/43; 4m Missing in Action Oschersleben flying as a spare 11/1/44 with Bob Saur, Co-pilot: Frank Capobianco, Navigator: Phil Miller, Bombardier: Doug Warren, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Davis, Radio Operator: John Brogden, Ball turret gunner: Harry Prestwoodstill in turret when found,Tail gunner: Jim Jones (8 Killed in Action), Waist gunner: L.T. Patterson, Waist gunner: Bernard Keene (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft exploded near by and egine hit ship breaking it in half, crashed Mittelberg Forest, near Gellenbeck, six miles SW of Osnabruck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1876. BETTY LOU. High Above A Carpet Of Fleecy Clouds, A Boeing B-17 Formation Wings Its Way Toward The Target Somewhere In Europe. 381St Bomb Group.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204887733 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15596-116446AC
381st Bomb Group B 17F Fortresses being escorted by RAF Spitfire over Engalnd 29th Sep 1943 NA2780
Photo description: Boeing B-17 381St Bomb Group with Supermarine 'Spitfire' 5B Escort En Route To Bomb Enemy Installations In Europe. 29th September 1943.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888072 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15725-66010AC
42-37730 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS VPU over occupied Europe 1944 NA2987
Photo description: 42-37730 Delivered Denver 10/8/43; Gr Island 3/9/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-U] Ridgewell 20/9/43; Missing in Action {15+m} Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Gordon Crozier, Co-pilot: Sid Van Ness, Navigator: George Hannon, Bombardier: Albt Monaco, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clyde Dideum, Ball turret gunner: Bob Osborne, Waist gunner: Gordon Giddens, Waist gunner: Cliff Easley,Tail gunner: Walt Purnell (9 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: George Balmore (Killed in Action); flak, ship exploded and crashed near Schlagen, eight miles N of Paderborn, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1887.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888327 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15835-66047AC
42-3540 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG535BS MSN Bacta-th’-Sac aka Lucifer Jr III over occupied Europe 1944 NA2865
Photo description: 42-3540 / Bacta-th’-Sac aka Lucifer Jr III Delivered Denver 26/7/43; Dyersbury 15/8/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-N] Ridgewell 20/9/43 LUCIFER JR III; Missing in Action Leverkusen 1 December 1943 with Pilot Warren C. Hess; Navigator: David Randle; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albert J. Gardella; Radio Operator: John F. Regan; Ball turret gunner: William M. Macklin; Left Waist gunner: Allan G. Ludwig; Right Waist gunner: Philip Burke (7 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Charles L. Smith Jr (evaded, captured, freed by British troops in Belgium); Bombardier: Robert Wernersbach (evaded capture, back in England 24 May);Tail gunner: Edgar G. Delp (KIA-died 12/12/43 of wounds, in hospital). Flak and/or fighters; crashed near Ampsin, 3km NW of Huy, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 1660. BACTA-TH’-SAC. Against A Background Of Vapor Trails Etched By Proceding Heavy Bombers, The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Bacta Th' Sac' Of The 381St Bomb Group Heads Toward Its Objective, Somewhere In Europe.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 204888186 Local ID: 342-FH-3A15770-65968AC
44-6163 B-17G Fortress 8AF 381BG533BS GDP Passaic Warrior with a escorting P-51B Mustang England NA544
Photo description: 44-6163 / Passaic Warrior Delivered Tulsa 19/5/44; Kearney 29/5/44; Grenier 7/6/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-P] Ridgewell 28/6/44; 71+m Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; Sth Plains 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45. PASSAIC WARRIOR. Hovering Close To Its Charges, A P51 Of The 8Th Air Force Practices With A Formation Of B-17S Over England.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 205002129 Local ID: 342-FH-3A49528-K2291
42-97059 B-17G Fortresses 8AF 381BG533BS VPS Marsha Sue in formation with VPV and VPP NA550
Photo description: 42-97059 / Marsha Sue Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/44; Gr Island 6/2/44;ass 457BG Glatton 12/2/44; transferred 533BS/381BG [VP- ] Ridgewell 15/3/44; 48m battle damaged Cologne 12/12/44 with Ruf; coll en route with 43-38986, sheared rudder off, force landed Belgium, sal 5/1/45; MARSHA SUE. Hovering Close To Its Charges, A P-51 Of The 8Th Air Force Practices With A Formation Of B-17S Over England.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 205002138 Local ID: 342-FH-3A49531-K2295
42-97059 B-17G Fortresses 8AF 381BG533BS VPS Marsha Sue in formation with VPV and VPP NA550
Photo description: 42-107112 / Sleepy Time Gal Delivered Tulsa 24/2/44; Gr Island 3/3/44; Grenier 24/3/44; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-O] Ridgewell 6/4/44; 47+m Returned to the USA Bradley 29/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/11/45. SLEEPY TIME GAL.
Photo Source: National Archives Identifier NAID: 205002141 Local ID: 342-FH-3A49532-K2297
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