Russell F Boyd

Military
media-40013.jpeg UPL 40013 "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Fatso" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 24 March 1944."

Rear L-R: 2Lt Edmund H Lutz, 2Lt,Frank A Banell, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, 2Lt Andrew B Creo.

Front L-R: Unkn, Unkn, Unkn, Unkn.

Crew for 24-Mar-44 in B-17 42-30720 were 2Lt Andrew B Creo (P), 2Lt Edmund H Lutz (CP), 2Lt Frank A Banell (N), S/Sgt Carl B Christensen (Tog), Sgt's William M Martin (TT), Howard C Damon (RO), Elmer L Koelling (BT), Billy J Hancock (RW), Russell Boyd (LW), Lawrence E Becker (TG).

Object Number - UPL 40013 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Fatso" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 24 March 1944." Rear...

Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x combat missions. ETD.





Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Lost Angel
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron 525th Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 379th Bomb Group inspect the damaged tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-39789) nicknamed “Skunkface”.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Skunkface
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron

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Kimbolton Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

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