42-5745 The Fuhrer The Better

Personnel of the 92nd Bomb Group ride bicycles past B-17 Flying Fortresses: B-17F (PY-T, serial number 42-3165) and B-17F (UX-H, serial number 42-5745) nicknamed "The Fuhrer the Better", at Alconbury. media-379191.jpg FRE 754 Personnel of the 92nd Bomb Group ride bicycles past B-17 Flying Fortresses: B-17F (PY-T, serial number 42-3165) and B-17F (UX-H, serial number 42-5745) nicknamed "The Fuhrer the Better", at Alconbury. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 754 - Personnel of the 92nd Bomb Group ride bicycles past B-17 Flying Fortresses: B-17F (PY-T, serial number 42-3165) and B-17F (UX-H, serial number...

Delivered Tulsa 21/11/42; Homestead 18/12/42; Assigned 305BG Chelveston 18/3/43*, sent to RAF Wyton (Pathfinder base) for installation of Oboe Mk I radar equipment; transferred 327BS/92BG [UX-H], Alconbury 20/4/43; taxi accident with John Hamilton 25/5/43; 813BS/482BG Alconbury 25/8/43, ret 30/11/43; 322BS/91BG [LG-C] Bassingbourn 20/12/43; AFSC 27/4/44; Returned to the USA 6/5/44; 3036 BU Yuma 4/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 19/6/45. THE FUHRER THE BETTER.



Some sources describe this airframe as a YB-40, however photographic evidence confirms it to have been a standard B-17F.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan of the 482nd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Red Morgan, Cong, Med of Hon.'

482nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.

92nd Bomb Group

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

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Revisions

Date
ContributorPaul Bellamy
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Sources

1st Bomb Division records and aircraft history

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Contributorphil marchese
Changes
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Chronology. AAF Study #62
The first 13 YB-40 were modified in Tulsa in March, 1945. #345 was not one of those.

Date
Contributorphil marchese
Changes
Sources

AAF Study #62 , 1943 appendix, Tulsa, OK

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

42-5745: Gallery (1 items)

Personnel of the 92nd Bomb Group ride bicycles past B-17 Flying Fortresses: B-17F (PY-T, serial number 42-3165) and B-17F (UX-H, serial number 42-5745) nicknamed "The Fuhrer the Better", at Alconbury.

Object number: FRE 754 - Personnel of the 92nd Bomb Group ride bicycles...