42-106993 Pretty Baby

Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; Kearney 22/1/44; Grenier 25/2/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-P/W] Horham 13/3/44; with J. M. Bastion; Co-pilot Frank Puckett Barbour; force landed France 22/6/44; with J.E. Hamilton force landed RAF Bentwaters, Sfk 6/10/44;121m, Returned to the USA Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 2/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/12/45. PRETTY BABY.

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A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5725) nicknamed "This is IT!" of the 381st Bomb Group opens her bomb bay doors during a mission.

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  • Date: 30 December 1944
B-17s of the 398th Bomb Group bombing the railyard at Bingen, 29 December 1944. Printed caption on reverse: '57548 AC- With bomb bay doors open, the first of a large formation of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses send their bombs plummeting earthwards on rail installations at Bingen, Germany, as heavy bombers of US Eighth Air Force press home their attack of December 29, 1944. US Air Force Photo.'

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  • Date: 29 December 1944

766

  • Date: 28 December 1944

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  • Date: 27 December 1944

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Contributoracbernstein1
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https://95thbgdb.com/aircraft/13

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.

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Contributorbombercommand
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Personal correspondence with Frank Puckett Barbour, 1 December 2013.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log