42-97511 Egg Haid
- B-17G 42-97511 MS-K 'Egg Haid' 535BS 381BG 8AF.
Object Number - UPL 32930 - "Formation Of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, Of The 381St Bomb Group, En Route To Bomb Enemy Installations Somewhere In Europe." - B-17G 42-97511...
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 2/1/45 with Jim Smith, Co-pilot: Bill Dernberger, Navigator: Chas Soper, Bombardier: Bernie McCudden, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Peter Durban Jr, Radio Operator: Virgil Gray, Ball turret gunner: Don Wilson, Waist gunner: Ralph Campbell, Tail gunner: Walter Streich (9 Killed in Action); crashed near base; Salvaged 2 SAD Watton, Nfk. EGG HAID.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35340868
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/Airgunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36500340
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Schnozzle
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
