42-29780 Silver Queen
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UPL 19258
B-17F 4229780 'Silver Queen' 334th BS, 95th BG, 8th AF USAAF.
Delivered Denver 17/2/43; Gore Fd 8/3/43; Gulfport 31/3/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-P] Alconbury 5/4/43; 335BS [OE-P]; 6m, transferred 92BG Alconbury 12/6/43 but switched to 3BD HQ as hack for Curtis Le May; Returned to the USA Grenier 26/12/44; Patterson 28/4/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 5/1/46. (first NMF aircraft in 8AF).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 3rd Air Division 305th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-17917
- Highest Rank: General
- Role/Job: Commanding General
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group Headquarters Squadron (493rd Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: 13029562 / O-791504
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Honington
Missions
- Date: 29 May 1943
- Date: 21 May 1943
- Date: 19 May 1943
- Date: 17 May 1943
- Date: 15 May 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Bury St Edmunds, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, UK | 8 February 1944 | Take Off Accident, Bury St Edmunds/Sta 468, Cat 3 damage Lt Elmer M Richardson, 8-2-44. |
Other Returned Stateside |
Grenier Field Rd, Londonderry, NH 03053, USA | 26 December 1944 | Returned to the USA Grenier 26/12/44. |