42-3465 Wee Bonnie II
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UPL 19490
Flying Fortress B-17F 42-3465 'Wee Bonnie' 412nd BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF.
Delivered Denver 28/6/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-N] Horham 30/8/43; force landed Bassingbourn Afd 16/10/43; force landed RAF Friston 30/11/43 with James W Conley (7 Returned to Duty), Navigator: Robert J Fogarty, Bombardier: Royal Klein, rop Edward R McCarraher (all wia); 19m, transferred to SAD Watton 5/12/43; Returned to the USA 3704 Keesler 4/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 24/9/45. WEE BONNIE.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-741883
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20946205 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 30 November 1943
- Date: 29 November 1943
- Date: 26 November 1943
- Date: 19 November 1943
- Date: 16 November 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Bassingbourn, Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8, UK | 16 October 1943 | Force landed Bassingbourn Afd 16/10/43. |
Crashed |
Friston, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17, UK | 30 November 1943 | Force landed RAF Friston 30/11/43. Pilot Lt James W Conley. (7 x RTD, 3 x WIA). |
Other Transferred |
Watton, Thetford, Norfolk IP25, UK | 5 December 1943 | Transferred to SAD Watton 5/12/43. |
Other Returned Stateside |
Keesler Dr, Selma, AL 36701, USA | 4 August 1944 | Returned to the USA 3704 Keesler 4/8/44. 19 mission veteran. Sold for Scrap. |