Adolph P Frydel

Military

Accident while taxying 10 November 1943 in B17#42-37831. Took off from Bury St. Edmonds for a practice formation mission. 8 man crew returned and ac was salvaged. Member of George S. Smith crew.

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A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I p.364 w/ pix of plane / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia