96th Bomb Group
Group
The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945.
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43-38777
B-17 Flying Fortress
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An A-2 Flying Jacket belonging to Peder Larson of the 96th Bomb Group, featuring the nose art of his B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Peder's Parade" Larson has handwritten on image: "picture Bill Deenlaw painted on my jacket"
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A B-17 Flying Fortress (BX-W, serial number 43-38777) nicknamed "Peder's Parade" of the 96th Bomb Group at Kopblenz. Image via Peder Larsen. Handwritten on front of print: "Ship 777 after landing at Koblenz." Larsen has enclosed a letter with the image: '777 after Mission to Dresden on April 17, 1945 where we lost 2 engines on Bomb Run, dropped bombs just after IP and took immediate heading back to France. We made an emergency landing ata fighter field of Coblenz [sic] and left the ship there. We took a truck back through Germany & France and picked up a 1st Division Ship # 506 and flew it back to England leaving it at its base. (Picked up this ship at Lil, France) ... Picture is of 777 with 2 Inboard engines feathered with 3 of my crew members sitting on the ground in front of ship. I understand the 2 engines were repaired and the ship was flown back to the States as after that I never saw it on our base.'
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A B-17 Flying Fortress (BX-W, serial number 43-38777) nicknamed "Peder's Parade" of the 96th Bomb Group in flight. Image via Peder Larsen. Larsen has enclosed a letter with the image: 'Ship in the Air flown off my Wing by Yelton after a Bomb Run.'
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A B-17 Flying Fortress (BX-W, serial number 43-38777) nicknamed "Peder's Parade" of the 96th Bomb Group. Image via Peder Larsen. Larsen has enclosed a letter with the image: 'The ship on the hardstand at Snetterton Heath.'
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Peder's Parade, Pilot Peder Larsen. ( top, second from right.) Bottom right: William Henry Greenhaw 96th Bomb Group, 338th Bombardment Squadron Snetterton
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William Henry Greenhaw, Staff Sergeant, waist gunner with Peder's Parade, 96th Bomb Group, 338th squadron.
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Bomber jackets for Peder's Parade, 96th Bomb Group, 338th squadron painted by William Henry Greenhaw, Staff Sergeant, waist gunner Peder's Parade.
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Peder' Parade, 96th bomb group, 338th squadron
Delivered Lincoln 20/9/44; Grenier 6/10/44; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 11/10/44; transferred 338BS/96BG [BX-W] Snetterton 12/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 1/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 3/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. PEDER'S PARADE.
Service
Units
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338th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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William Greenhaw
Military | Sergeant | Armorer Gunner, Gunner | 493rd Bomb Group
I (daughter) have my father's mission diary for 27 missions. He was an artist and painted bomber jackets. He earned enough money painting jackets for the down payment on his first home after the war. He was waist gunner in 'Peder's Parade', pilot... -
Peder Larsen
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 96th Bomb Group
Flew 30 missions without loss to any of his crew. Larsen practiced flying during ground school the hard way -- amid dense contrails, sudden snow stors, severe icing conditions and incredible fog, "another day of poor visibility, but had to fly. . .
Places
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Alconbury
Military site : airfield
Alconbury had been constructed as a satellite airfield for RAF Upwood and Wyton and was used by RAF Squadrons: Nos. 15, 40 and 156. In preparation for the arrival of American heavy bombers, the base was developed in 1942 with the runways extended. When... -
Snetterton Heath
Military site : airfield
Intended to be an RAF bomber base, construction of Snetterton Heath started in Autumn 1942 but continued until mid-1943, because it was extended after allocation as an Eighth Air Force bomber base. It had eventually three concrete runways, 50...
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:41:32 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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