42-29780 Silver Queen

media-19258.jpeg UPL 19258 B-17F 4229780 'Silver Queen' 334th BS, 95th BG, 8th AF USAAF.

Object Number - UPL 19258 - B-17F 4229780 'Silver Queen' 334th BS, 95th BG, 8th AF USAAF.

Delivered Denver 17/2/43; Gore Fd 8/3/43; Gulfport 31/3/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-P] Alconbury 5/4/43; 335BS [OE-P]; 6m, transferred 92BG Alconbury 12/6/43 but switched to 3BD HQ as hack for Curtis Le May; Returned to the USA Grenier 26/12/44; Patterson 28/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46. (first NMF aircraft in 8AF).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 3rd Air Division 305th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-17917
  • Highest Rank: General
  • Role/Job: Commanding General
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group Headquarters Squadron (493rd Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: 13029562 / O-791504
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Aerial photography of Honington airfield looking south, the technical site with four C-type hangars and bomb dump are at the top, 21 June 1946. Photograph taken by No. 540 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1589. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: RAF Honington

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Bury St Edmunds, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, UK 8 February 1944 Take Off Accident, Bury St Edmunds/Sta 468, Cat 3 damage Lt Elmer M Richardson, 8-2-44.

Other

Returned Stateside

Grenier Field Rd, Londonderry, NH 03053, USA 26 December 1944 Returned to the USA Grenier 26/12/44.

Revisions

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Sources

95th Bomb Group Memorials Foundation

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Freeman, Mighty Eighth War Manual p.160

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AAM DB Entry Correction.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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