42-96165 The Big Hairy Bird

Ground personnel of the 387th Bomb Group work on the engines of a shark mouth B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-96165) nicknamed "The Big Hairy Bird". Image via Alvaro Sousa. media-396044.jpg FRE 7318 Ground personnel of the 387th Bomb Group work on the engines of a shark mouth B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-96165) nicknamed "The Big Hairy Bird". Image via Alvaro Sousa. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 7318 - Ground personnel of the 387th Bomb Group work on the engines of a shark mouth B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-96165) nicknamed "The Big Hairy Bird"....

Assigned to 599BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF. Transferred to 556BS, 387BG, 9AF USAAF.

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  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-96191) nicknamed "The Milk Run Special" of the 397th Bomb Group at Steeple Morden, 1945. Image by Alexander "Cal" Sloan. Written on slide casing: '296191, 397 BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Assigned

Rivenhall, Witham CM8, UK Assigned to 599BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF.

Assigned

Chipping Ongar, Ongar CM5, UK Transferred to 556BS, 387BG, 9AF USAAF.

Manufactured

Offutt AFB, NE, USA Built at Martin.

Delivered

Offutt AFB, NE, USA Delivered to USAAF.

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US 9th Air Force Bases In Essex 1943-44 By Martin Bowman

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