44-8177
veteran
Object Number - UPL 39918 - 44-8177
Delivered Dallas 29/6/44; Langley 23/7/44; Dow Fd 27/8/44; Assigned 333BS/94BG [TS-O] Rougham 30/8/44; collided with 42-97985 (94BG) on assembly 30/11/44 with Neil Pratt, Co-pilot: HQ officer ?; Ex-nav: Bill Brallier, Navigator: Francis McClellan, Bombardier: Bob Smith, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Art Miller, Radio Operator: Paul Kane, Ball turret gunner: Junior McCarty, Waist gunner: Ervin Patterson, Tail gunner: Lt Norman Hochberg (All crew survived.); crash landed at Gattlies Corner, Rougham, Suffolk but repaired. Returned to the USA Morrison 20/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 2/1/46.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Crashed |
30 November 1944 |
