42-5854 Alley Oop

Delivered Long Beach 23/3/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Dow Fd 27/5/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG 30/5/43 Thorpe Abbotts; transferred 360BS/303BG [PU-C] Molesworth 13/7/43; 28m 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 5/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 6/6/44; Culver 25/7/44; Las Vegas 9/11/44; Kelley 10/6/45; Culver 1/9/45; Love Fd 8/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/12/45. ALLEY OOP.

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People

William T Baker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735486
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Sergeant Fred Dioquardo of the 303rd Bomb Group stokes the stove inside a hut. Image stamped on reverse: ''Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 28 Jan 1943.' [stamp], '245666.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Stoking the stove in an American Army Air Force hut somewhere in England. Sergeant Fred Dioquardo, of Bayport, Long Island, asked the photographer to send this message back to his parents and fiance Miss H Sherwood , Maple Ave, Long Island: "I will be home when I

Fred John Dioquardo

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 7071292
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

William Charles Heller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-798498
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Squadron Commander

Leonard Edward Jokerst

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17061485 / O-737961
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Harry James Rothrock

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15334202
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator/ Waist Gunner

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Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Capitalized "Oop" in the nickname.

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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