42-31037 Pistol Packin Mama

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (IN-F, serial number 42-31037) nicknamed "Pistol Packin' Mama" of the 613th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1. Completed 7th msision Frankfurt, Jan. 29, 1944. 2. Lost 31 B-17's.' media-414265.jpg FRE 8088 The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (IN-F, serial number 42-31037) nicknamed "Pistol Packin' Mama" of the 613th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1. Completed 7th msision Frankfurt, Jan. 29, 1944. 2. Lost 31 B-17's.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 8088 - The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (IN-F, serial number 42-31037) nicknamed "Pistol Packin' Mama" of the 613th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group....

Delivered Dallas 8/9/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-F] Deenethorpe 10/10/43; Missing in Action Leipzig 20/7/44 with Kenneth R Murgatroyd, James E Pennoyer, James K Elderkin, Stanley Lesser, Jerome P Robertson, Howard N Magnuson (6 Prisoner of War); Owen H Jorgensen, John S Spirodek, Donald H Schmidli (3 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Liebstedt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7545. PISTOL PACKIN' MAMA.

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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 1st Scouting Force 384th Fighter Squadron 385th Fighter Squadron Scouting Force (Experimental) (SFX)
  • Service Numbers: O-748548
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12053653 / O-689500
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19101963 / O-709052
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32791444
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Places

Missions

  • Date: 4 June 1944
  • Official Description:

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sweat er Out
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Dallas Love Field Airport, Dallas, TX 75235, USA 8 September 1943

Assigned

Deenethorpe, Corby NN17, UK 10 October 1943 Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Liebstedt, Germany 20 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Liepzig mission; hit by flak, #2 engine and fuselage aflame, crashed Liebstedt, Germany; all crew baled out, 6 x POW, 3 x KIA MACR 7545.

Manufactured

Long Beach, CA Built at Boeing.

Revisions

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Error

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AAM image
91st BG.

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MACR 7545, page 2

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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman

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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7545 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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