William J Carey

Military

Assigned May 1944. 21 Nov 1944, was nursing a bevy of mechanical failures. The crash of Boyd's Boids is a classic in the annals of the 96th. Photogaraphs memorialize the crash as incredible. When one studies the picutres of the flattened and tubular

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The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

Personnel of the 96th Bomb Group inspect the wreck of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-37764) that has crash landed 21 November 1944. Written on slide casing: '21/11/44.'

43-37764

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Betty Lee Up N Cider Boyd's Bird
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron

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Added nickname per info for A/C 43-37764.

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Correctd a misspelling in the "Summary biography".

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Combat Sup; Snetterton Falcons, pg 150, 204-205, 210 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia