42-30235 Lonesome Polecat : The Zoot Suiters
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5855 - The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30235) nicknamed "The Zoot Suiters" of the 95th Bomb Group.
Delivered Cheyenne 3/5/43; Gore 16/5/43; Smoky Hill 17/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-L/Z] Bassingbourn 6/6/43; transferred 412BS/95BG [QW-U] Horham 16/6/43 LONESOME POLECAT; 16/9/43 with W.C. Lindley force landed Bungay Afd; 48m, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45. THE ZOOT SUITERS. (Pix shows STRICTLY ZOOT)
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16019686
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner/Waist Gunner/Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1699460 (WWII) / O-31492 (1948) / 2998A (1955 on)
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Squadron Commander / Group Air Operations Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-745829
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13059914 / O-743099
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Missions
- Date: 11 January 1944
- Date: 7 January 1944
- Date: 5 January 1944
- Date: 4 January 1944
- Date: 24 December 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Crashed |
16 September 1943 | Force landed Bungay Afd. Pilot Lt W C Lindley. |