42-5338 Ye Old Battle Axe
Delivered Tulsa 10/11/42; West Palm Beach 11/12/42; Assigned 340BS/97BG Biskra 31/12/42; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8/2/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; transferred 346BS/99BG Oudna 14/11/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; 22m/99 483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Sterparone 22/4/44; retUS Morrison 5/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario, Cal 29/6/45. YE OLD BATTLE AXE.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Wing
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 5th Bomb Wing 99th Bomb Group 346th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36809366
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 5th Bomb Wing 99th Bomb Group 346th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
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Sources
99th Bomb Group Historical Society
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https://www.99bombgroup.org/