42-32078 Barbara B

media-16308.jpeg UPL 16308 42-32078 "Barbara B"

"The Wrong Stuff: The Adventures and Misadventures of an 8th Air Force Aviator" by Truman J. Smith

Object Number - UPL 16308 - 42-32078 "Barbara B"

Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; Gr Island 17/2/44; Presque Is 4/3/44; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-C] Gt Ashfield 6/3/44; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 26/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 3/12/45. BARBARA B.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-716294
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
2nd Lt. Richard McHugh.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Harold Prange
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-756341
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16133921
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Places

Aerial photograph of Ashford airfield. Photograph taken by the 34th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron of the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group on 11 May 1944, sortie number US/34GR/LOC14. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: RAF Ashford

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personnel link added

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production block details added and BG/BS links added. 

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"The Wrong Stuff: The Adventures and Misadventures of an 8th Air Force Aviator" by Truman J. Smith

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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