42-6080 Floozie Flossy | Mary Ruth | The WeWa Special
Object Number - UPL 19221 - B-17F 42-6080 ' Mary Ruth the WeWa Special' 336BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.
Delivered Long Beach 15-Jul-43; Cheyenne 18/7/43; (Fitted with Sperry gyroscope); Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-P] Horham 3/9/43; force landed Metfield Afd with L.G. Hamby 16-Dec-43; force landed Tibenham Afd with J.D. Pearson 5-Jan-44; force landed Knettishall Afd with T.L. Barksdale 21-Jan-44; 29m, transferred 303BG then 36BS Alconbury (RCM) as Aphrodite/Azon aircraft 23-Mar-44; also Harrington for Carpetbagger ops; Returned to the USA Bolling 11-Feb-45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19-Feb-46. MARY RUTH - THE WE WA SPECIAL.
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- Date: 16 December 1943
- Date: 13 December 1943
![Personnel of the 94th Bomb Group at a mission briefing. A censor has obscured the maps and charts in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press'[stamp],'Passed for publication 14 December 1943.'[stamp] '296691.'[Censor no] Printed caption on reverse: 'Operations Room at US Air Base. Preparing for take off. Associated Press photo shows: Col.F. W. Castle, Group Commanding Officer, gives the massed crews of the base the last part of the briefing, and a personal 'Godspeed' and 'Good Luck' in](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408449.jpg.webp?itok=nKEJNh_9)
- Date: 11 December 1943
- Date: 29 November 1943
- Date: 26 November 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Long Beach, CA, USA | 15 July 1943 | Delivered USAAF, Long Beach 15-Jul-43. |
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Assigned |
Horham, Eye, Suffolk IP21, UK | 3 September 1943 | Assigned 336th BS, 95th BG, 8AF 3-Sep-43. |
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Crashed |
Metfield, Harleston, Suffolk IP20, UK | 16 December 1943 | Force landed Metfield Airfield with pilot L G Hamby 16-Dec-43. |
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Crashed |
Tibenham, Norwich, Norfolk NR16, UK | 5 January 1944 | Force landed Tibenham Airfield with pilot J D Pearson 5-Jan-44. |
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Crashed |
Knettishall, Diss, Suffolk IP22, UK | 21 January 1944 | Force landed Knettishall Airfield with pilot T L Barksdale 21-Jan-44. |
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Other Transferred |
Fersfield, Diss, Norfolk IP22, UK | 23 March 1944 | Transferred 388th BG Aphrodite [drone] aircraft 23-Mar-44. |
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Other Returned Stateside |
Bolling Air Force Base Heliport (BOF), Washington, DC 20032, USA | 11 February 1945 | Returned to the USA, Bolling Field 11-Feb-45. 29 mission veteran. Sold for scrap. |
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Other Reclaimation Finance Commission (RFC) |
Kingman, AZ, USA | 19 February 2046 | Sold for scrap at Kingman, Arizona. |
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Manufactured |
Burbank, CA, USA | Built at Lockheed/Vega. | |
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Other Transferred |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | Transferred to 303rd BG. | |
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Other Transferred |
Alconbury, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | Transferred to 36th BS for Radio Counter Measures work. | |
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Other Transferred |
Harrington, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN6, UK | Transferred to 492nd BG for Carpetbagger ops. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 12-Jan-2016. Converted dates to USAAF military-style signification; added RFC event per "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" Roger A. Freeman