42-29762 Coup de Grace
UPL 60172
UPL 60172
B-17 42-29762 Coup de Grace with crew; Robert Elbert Smith (pilot) standing rear left, other crew unknown.
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Delivered Cheyenne 15/2/43; Walker 27/2/43; Salina 10/3/43; Smoky Hill 20/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 18/4/43; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 510BS/351BG [TU-D] Polebrook 11/7/43; 35m 2 BAD Warton 5/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 2/6/44; Hendricks 27/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45. COUP DE GRACE.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32478396
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13039734
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer/ gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Missions
- Date: 4 October 1943
- Date: 2 October 1943
- Date: 23 September 1943
- Date: 7 September 1943
- Official Description:
- Date: 6 September 1943
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
Snetterton Falcons II: The 96th Bomb Group in World War II by Robert E Doherty & Geoffrey D Ward. Second Edition with Errata and Supplemental Information. Taylor Publishing. 1996. pages 21, 293