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42-3185 Queen Bee

media-46488.jpeg UPL 46488 B-17F-45-DL 42-3319 This End Up/Wackeroo! II/Shackeroo! II Leading B-17F-30-DL 42-3185 Queen Bee with no. 1 engine shut down and the prop feathered. In the background, is B-17F-95-BO 42-30303 Raider II.

via Brad Schwartz

Object Number - UPL 46488 - B-17F-45-DL 42-3319 This End Up/Wackeroo! II/Shackeroo! II Leading B-17F-30-DL 42-3185 Queen Bee with no. 1 engine shut down and the prop feathered....

Delivered Cheyenne 13/3/43; Bangor 21/5/43; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-Y] Alconbury /43; transferred 2 BAD Warton 2/8/43; 333BS/94BG [TS-L] Rougham /43; Missing in Action Ivry 26/11/3 with Merle Nienaber (chute failed), Radio Operator: Jim Burgin (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Howard Mays, Navigator: Jacques Keshishian, Bombardier: Vince Corte, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Norm Stephens, Waist gunner: Arnold Johns, Waist gunner: Emery Card, Tail gunner: Julien Abel (7 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Alva Daniels (evaded capture); enemy aircraft, crashed Londinieres, 15 miles SE of Dieppe, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1125. QUEEN BEE.

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Units served with

A B-17 Flying Fortress (TS-C, serial number 42-9768) of the 333rd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, takes off in front of another B-17 Flying Fortress (CC-Z) of the 569th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group.

333rd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Julian B Abel

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

James L Burgin

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

Emery W Card

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Vincent J Corte

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Alva S Daniels

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Places

Aerial photograph of Alconbury airfield, looking east. The technical site is at the top, the bomb dump is on the left, 9 May 1944. Photograph taken by 13th Photographic Squadron, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group USAAF, sortie number US/7GR/LOC334. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Alconbury

Site type: Airfield

Aerial photography Bury St Edmunds (Rougham) airfield, looking north, the technical site and T2 hangar are to the right, 7 June 1946. Photograph taken by No. 540 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1557. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bury St Edmunds

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Rougham

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

France

26 November 1943

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:41

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1125 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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