42-5341 Scarlet Harlot aka Vat 69 aka Vicious Virgin

media-26256.jpeg UPL 26256 42-5341 "Vicious Virgin"

Yorkshireman

Object Number - UPL 26256 - 42-5341 "Vicious Virgin"

Delivered Denver 16/12/42; West Palm Beach 9/1/43; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GH-Q] Molesworth 7/2/43; severe battle damaged Bernberg 20/2/44 with Bob Hullar, Co-pilot: Capt Dick Dubell, Navigator: Elmer Brown, Bombardier: Jim McCormick, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: , Radio Operator: , Ball turret gunner: , Waist gunner: , Waist gunner: Merlin Miller, t/obs-Lt E. Greenwood (10 Returned to Duty); repaired and transferred 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 7/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 6/1/45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45. SCARLET HARLOT aka VAT 69 aka VICIOUS VIRGIN.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17064176 / T-004230 / O-735258
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O659680
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Group Leader
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O802743
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17063186 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Denver AAF, CO 16 December 1942 Delivered Denver AAF 16-Dec-42;

Assigned

Molesworth, UK 7 February 1943 Assigned 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Suffered Severe Battle Damage

Bernberg, Germany 20 February 1944 The ship suffered rather severe flak damage, severing the fuel pump lines somewhere around Bernberg. The aircraft aborted the sortie and returned to base. The crew were unharmed.

Other

Delivered to BAD1

BAD 1 7 April 1944 Upon being repaired, the aircraft was transferred to BAD 1 at Burtonwood.

Manufactured

Long Beach, CA Built at Boeing.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Capitalized the words in the "Nickname" field to aid readability.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Changed the order of the nicknames.

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ContributorCastleBren
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303rd Bomb Group records

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Contributorjmoore43
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Removed an extra character from the nickname field.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added the A/C nickname mentioned in the A/C “Description”.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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