42-37743 Yankee Doodle Dandy

Delivered Tulsa 16/8/43; Long Beach 17/8/43; Assigned 333BS/94BG [TS-M] Rougham 11/9/43; transferred 803BS RCM Sculthorpe 1/44; APH Knettishall; Missing in Action Heligoland 15/10/44 with Lts W. Patton & J. Hinner. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY.

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Units served with

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.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Missions

The flak damaged nose of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 398th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: '54600 AC- England- 1st lt Lawrence M De Lancey, Corvallis, Oregon, landed this B-17 safely after its nose was literally shot away by flak over Cologne, Germany. Please Credit: Official US Air Force Photo.' Printed caption on image: 'This B-17 landed safely after losing its nose to flak. US AAF Photo.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '43-38172 of 398th BG.'
  • Date: 15 October 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Tulsa Ave, Tullahoma, TN 37388, USA 16 August 1943 Delivered USAAF Tulsa Field 16/8/43.

Assigned

11 September 1943 Assigned 333rd BS, 94th BG Rougham 11/9/43.

Crashed

Heligoland, Germany 15 October 1944 Missing in Action - target Heligoland submarine pens, target missed due to poor weather. 15/10/44. Command crew Lts W Patton & J Hinner baled out over UK. 2 x RTD.

Manufactured

Long Beach, CA, USA Built at Douglas Long Beach.

Other

Transferred

Sculthorpe, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21, UK Transferred 803rd BS RCM Sculthorpe 1/44.

Other

Transferred

Fersfield, Diss, Norfolk IP22, UK Transferred Aphrodite project. 7-44.

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log