42-30613 Shoo Shoo Baby

Object Number - UPL 79965 - 42-30613 "Shoo Shoo Baby

Delivered Cheyenne 29/6/43; Gore 30/6/43; Gr Isle 16/7/43; Dalhart 20/7/43; Gr Isle 26/7/43; Assigned 813BS/482BG [PC-J] Alconbury with Oboe Mk I radar 10/43; transferred 535BS/381BG [MS-S] Ridgewell 28/2/44; crashed on take off for Oldenburg 8/4/44 with Harlan Soeder, Co-pilot: Phiol Mulhall, Navigator: Jerome Becker, Bombardier: George Grote, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Sedoryk, Radio Operator: John Boland, Ball turret gunner: Frank Marushack, Waist gunner: Alan Hawkinson, Waist gunner: Bob Megee,Tail gunner: Milton Bailes (10 Returned to Duty), skidded on take off and nosed up in dirt at end of runway; 2 SAD Lt Staughton 9/4/44; Salvaged 12/4/44.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan of the 482nd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Red Morgan, Cong, Med of Hon.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Production block details updated. 

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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