42-3172 Chennault's Pappy III
AAMIB
Delivered Cheyenne 10/3/43; Dow Fd 13/4/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-R] Thurleigh "MISS PATRICIA"-5 May 1943. Battle-damaged Tricqueville 26 June 1943 with Lt. Col. James W. Wilson. Co-Pilot Captain Raymond J. Check killed by shrapnel from enemy fighter. Wilson, badly burned; plane was flown back to base by William Cassedy, the plane's regular Co-Pilot, who had filled the post of one of the waist gunners on this flight. Bombardier Lionel Drew had bailed out when he heard the alarm bell sounding and managed to evade capture with the help of French citizens and members of the Résistance. Crash-landed Exeter, AFSC 27 June 1943, salvaged. Transferred 323BS/91BG [OR-R/X] Bassingbourn 25/9/43. 23m Returned to the USA Tinker 13/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45. CHENNAULT'S PAPPY.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35257620
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14070626 at enlistment, then O-793065
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17026082 at enlistment, then O-435856
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14066572 at enlistment, then O-729733
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Missions
- Date: 26 June 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Battle-damaged |
26 June 1943 | salvaged |
Revisions
Roger Freeman's "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story"
306th BG website
Gerald Astor's "The Mighty Eighth"-Chapter VII "The Buildup"
Andy Rooney's "My War"