43-38933 Dear Mom II/Weary Wolf
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UPL 45352
B-17G-100-BO #43-38933 "Dear Mom II" Code: G (Background)
B-17G-105-BO #43-39221 Code: N (foreground)
388th BG 388th Bomb Group collection
B-17G-105-BO #43-39221 Code: N (foreground)
388th BG 388th Bomb Group collection
Delivered Lincoln 14/10/44; Dow Fd 26/10/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 29/10/44; while on navigation exercise 17/5/45 with H.J. Cole, cp V. Ferguson, two navigators and two grounded crew, on as makeshift ttg and r/op (6 Killed in Action); crash landed Lands End, UK 31/5/45; Sal; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 27/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/11/45. WEARY WOLF aka DEAR MOM II.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39709688
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-927956
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
Missions
- Date: 23 March 1945
- Date: 22 March 1945
- Date: 21 March 1945
- Official Description:
- Date: 20 March 1945
- Date: 19 March 1945
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Lincoln, NE | 14 October 1944 | |
Assigned |
Knettishall Airfield, UK | 29 October 1944 | 388BG 561BS |
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Sources
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