Samuel L Barrick

Military

With two engines damaged by fighters on a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-39994 'SNORT STUFF' headed for Sweden and landed at Bulltofta. Interned.

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Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

B-17 Flying Fortresses, (LL-F, serial number 42-97467) of the 91st Bomb Group, (OJ-G, serial number 42-97212) of the 96th Bomb Group and (LD-D, serial number 42-39994) of the 100th Bomb Group in Sweden, 1944. Written on slide casing: 'Sweden, 297467 LL:F, 18/7/44, 297212 OJ:G, 11/4/44, 239994, LD:D 3/3/44.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Snort Stuff
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron

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Interned (INT)

6 March 1944

Revisions

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Added an Association to the 100th BG, the parent bomb group of the 349th, 350th, 351st & 418th Bomb Squadrons & the 412th Air Service group.

Added an association to “Thorpe Abbotts”, the home base of the 100th BG.

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Contributormpfaley
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Michael P. Faley-100th Bomb Group Historian www.100thbg.com

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Michael P. Faley-100th Bomb Group Historian, www.100thbg.com

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3031 / MACR 3031, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database