42-107043 Fitch's Bandwagon

media-25789.jpeg UPL 25789 42-107043 Hutchinson & Cortright

Hutchinson & Cortright

Object Number - UPL 25789 - 42-107043

Delivered Tulsa 4/2/44; Grenier 2/3/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-B] 21 combat missions; Deenethorpe 23/3/44; Taxi accident while waiting to take-off for Equihen, France 2/6/44 with Larry Fitchett, Co-pilot: Bruce Campbell, Navigator: Lawrence Pfeiffer, Bombardier: Louis Sanchez, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bert Parsloe, Radio Operator: Max Bergener, Ball turret gunner: Louis Sassi, Waist gunner: Ralph Hannsbury, Waist gunner: Harry Kelsen, Tail gunner: Bob Kerr (10 Returned to Duty); was hit and damaged in tail by ship behind #43-37511 when taxiing; Salvaged 2 SAD 24/6/44. FITCH'S BANDWAGON.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19095021 / O-747371
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flexible Gunner

Places

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jill's Jalopy
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Manufactured

Long Beach, California 4 February 1944 Douglas Aircraft Company

Assigned

Deenethorpe Airfield, UK 23 March 1944 401 BG 613 BS IN-B

Crashed

Deenethorpe, Corby, Northamptonshire NN17, UK 2 June 1944 Problem on take off for Equihen, France 2/6/44. Was hit and damaged in tail by ship behind [43-37511] when taxying. [10 x RTD]

Other

Salvaged

Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK 24 June 1944 Salvaged to 2 Strategic Air Depot 24/6/44.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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Contributorterveurn
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From 401st Bg records

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Contributorterveurn
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AAF accident report 44-6-2-521
42-107043 aircraft record card

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Contributor466thHistorian
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ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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