42-38111

Ground personnel of the 379th Bomb Group work on a B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-H, serial number 42-38111) nicknamed "Mairzy Doats", April 1944. Image via Edmund H Lutz, 379th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'April 1944, my patched up B-17 "Mairzy Doats" on hardstand.' media-387854.jpg FRE 6227 Ground personnel of the 379th Bomb Group work on a B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-H, serial number 42-38111) nicknamed "Mairzy Doats", April 1944. Image via Edmund H Lutz, 379th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'April 1944, my patched up B-17 "Mairzy Doats" on hardstand.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 6227 - Ground personnel of the 379th Bomb Group work on a B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-H, serial number 42-38111) nicknamed "Mairzy Doats", April 1944. Image...

Delivered Denver 16/12/43; Kearney 27/12/43; Presque Is 9/1/44; Nutts Corner, Belfast, N. I. 21/1/44; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-H] Kimbolton 12/2/44; aborted mission to Leipzig, 7/7/44 when u/c collapsed at end of runway, with Gene Jordan, Co-pilot: Chas Carver, Navigator: John Madden, tog-Bill Harris, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jess Garrett, Radio Operator: Rudolph Bransen, Ball turret gunner: Lyman Stewart, Waist gunner: Allyn Mathews, Tail gunner: Remmie Kadlick (9 Returned to Duty); sal 2 SAD 9/7/44.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

People

Joseph E Cameron

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14072185 / O-757768
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Frank J Ciancia

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12127384
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer

Donald Pierce Corkran

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20343711
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

Walter Baldwin Crickmer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35650353
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Keith Walter Cummings

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Revisions

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Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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Added connections to the 8th AF.
Added connections to the 525th BS & 379th BG mentioned in A/C description.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

42-38111: Gallery (2 items)

Ground personnel of the 379th Bomb Group work on a B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-H, serial number 42-38111) nicknamed "Mairzy Doats", April 1944. Image via Edmund H Lutz, 379th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'April 1944, my patched up B-17 "Mairzy Doats" on hardstand.'

Object number: FRE 6227 - Ground personnel of the 379th Bomb Group work on a...

Object number: UPL 36698 - B17 42-38111 "The Queen Of The Skies"" 379th Bomb...