96th Bomb Group
Group
The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945.
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Peder V Larsen
Military
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Peder's Parade, Pilot Peder Larsen. ( top, second from right.) Bottom right: William Henry Greenhaw 96th Bomb Group, 338th Bombardment Squadron Snetterton
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An A-2 Flying Jacket belonging to Peder Larson of the 96th Bomb Group, featuring the nose art of his B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Peder's Parade" Larson has handwritten on image: "picture Bill Deenlaw painted on my jacket"
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A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-37716) nicknamed "5 Grand" of the 96th Bomb Group. Image via Peder Larssen
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A B-17 Flying Fortress (BX-W, serial number 43-38777) nicknamed "Peder's Parade" of the 96th Bomb Group at Kopblenz. Image via Peder Larsen. Handwritten on front of print: "Ship 777 after landing at Koblenz." Larsen has enclosed a letter with the image: '777 after Mission to Dresden on April 17, 1945 where we lost 2 engines on Bomb Run, dropped bombs just after IP and took immediate heading back to France. We made an emergency landing ata fighter field of Coblenz [sic] and left the ship there. We took a truck back through Germany & France and picked up a 1st Division Ship # 506 and flew it back to England leaving it at its base. (Picked up this ship at Lil, France) ... Picture is of 777 with 2 Inboard engines feathered with 3 of my crew members sitting on the ground in front of ship. I understand the 2 engines were repaired and the ship was flown back to the States as after that I never saw it on our base.'
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A B-17 Flying Fortress (BX-W, serial number 43-38777) nicknamed "Peder's Parade" of the 96th Bomb Group in flight. Image via Peder Larsen. Larsen has enclosed a letter with the image: 'Ship in the Air flown off my Wing by Yelton after a Bomb Run.'
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A B-17 Flying Fortress (BX-W, serial number 43-38777) nicknamed "Peder's Parade" of the 96th Bomb Group. Image via Peder Larsen. Larsen has enclosed a letter with the image: 'The ship on the hardstand at Snetterton Heath.'
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Bomber jackets for Peder's Parade, 96th Bomb Group, 338th squadron painted by William Henry Greenhaw, Staff Sergeant, waist gunner Peder's Parade.
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Peder' Parade, 96th bomb group, 338th squadron
Flew 30 missions without loss to any of his crew. Larsen practiced flying during ground school the hard way -- amid dense contrails, sudden snow stors, severe icing conditions and incredible fog, "another day of poor visibility, but had to fly. . .
Service
Units served with
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338th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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43-38777 Peder's Parade
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 20/9/44; Grenier 6/10/44; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 11/10/44; transferred 338BS/96BG [BX-W] Snetterton 12/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 1/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 3/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold...
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:21:20 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000; Snetterton Falcons, pg 211, 212-213, 220, 231, 254 |
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