USAAF Station 126 - Rattlesden
Aircraft Gallery 1
| 447th Bomb Group USAAF Station 126 - Rattlesden Aircraft Gallery 1 |
| Page 1 41-9085 - 42-31519 |
Page 2 42-31777 - 42-97392 |
Page 3 42-97400 - 42-107117 |
Page 4 42-107197 - 43-37869 |
Page 5 43-37873 - 43-38768 |
Page 6 43-38884 - 44-83279 |
| 41-9085
"Li'l Butch" Photo date unknown Also known by the name "Jarrin' Jenny" The only B-17E to serve with the 447th, also flew with the 303rd, 92nd, and 97th. Declared war-weary, written off and salvaged in England during July, 1945. See Aircraft Profile |
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| 42-5909
(Pathfinder) Previously identified in several books as 42-31431 with the Chardi crew on board, this is clearly modified to carry the H2X radar system (white dome behind the nose turret). Permanently assigned to the 482nd Bomb Group, providing pathfinders and radar crews to all groups in the 3rd Division in early 1944, flying with the 447th on February 2 mission to Frankfurt when hit by flak. |
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| 42-31088
L "Heaven Can Wait" 711th BS Photo between Dec. 31 1943 and March 22, 1944 Flew five combat missions, last being March 22. Written off on April 13, 1944 and salvaged due to battle damage. See Aircraft
Profile |
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| 42-31092
A "Butch II" Photo date unknown. Crash landed, written off and salvaged on April 20, 1945. See Aircraft Profile |
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| 42-31095
"Ground Pounder" 708th BS Photo date unknown. Forced landing in Belgium in October 1944, written off and salvaged at war's end. See Aircraft Profile |
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| 42-31100
B "The Gimp" 709th BS Photo date unknown, but before January 1945. National Archives photo of aircraft from several groups at a repair depot (probably SAD Honington). The Gimp was damaged over Dollenbergen on New Years Day 1945, and crash landed at the base. It was written off and salvaged. See Aircraft
Profile |
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| 42-31112
"Paper Doll" 710th BS Newspaper photo from Syracuse Herald-American, sometime after March 3, 1944, when Paper DOll was lost over Germany. See Aircraft Profile |
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| 42-31128
"Mohawk" 709BS Photo October 27, 1943 at Harvard AAB; lost to flak over Lutzkendorf, July 20, 1944, crashed Teutleben, Germany. |
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| 42-31144
"Rowdy Rebel" 710BS Photo undated - Also known as "Miss America" lost to enemy fighters enroute to Berlin, April 29, 1944; crashed at Destedt, Germany. |
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| 42-31145
E "Hi-Jinx" 708th BS Photo November 1943, Harvard AAB; lost February 6, 1944 at Wissous, France with the Allen Reed crew See Aircraft Profile |
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| 42-31154
O "Shack Happy" 708th BS Undated photo. Probably one of the few OD aircraft stripped of paint, as traces are still seen around windows. Lost to flak over Merseburg on November 25, 1944. |
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| 42-31156
L "Big Stoop" 708th BS Photo April 1944 on Bornholm Is., Denmark after crash landing on April 11. Photo from usairmen.com See Aircraft Profile |
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| 42-31161
"Spare Parts" 711th BS Photo taken October or November 1943 at Harvard AAB, with W.H. Johnson crew; lost over Berlin April 29, 1944 |
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| 42-31173
"Maid to Please" 710th BS Photo taken at Hénonville, France after December 30, 1943 crash. First combat loss of the 447th See Aircraft
Profile, Crew Profiles- Schrero, |
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| 42-31185
M "Satchel Lass" 708th BS Photo date unknown Crash landed at Rattlesden, repaired; salvaged in January 1945. See Aircraft Profile |
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| 42-31188
M "Dead Man's Hand" 709th BS Photo date unknown Flew more than 100 combat missions, lost to German jet fighters on April 19, 1945. See Aircraft Profile |
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| 42-31206
M "Journey's End" 709th and 710th BS Photo date unknown Returned to Kingman, Arizona in 1945 |
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| 42-31210
"Buccaneer" and "Piccadilly Ann" 710th
BS Photo dated March 9 1944 Ditched in Channel. |
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| 42-31223
P 711th BS Photo March 21 1944 Damaged and crash landed at base; written off and salvaged. See Aircraft Profile |
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| 42-31225
G "Scheherazade" 710th BS Photo by Charles Brown, May 1945 Scheherazade flew 126 combat missions before returning to be scrapped at Kingman, Arizona. See Aircraft Profile |
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| 42-31227
"Dottie Jane" Photo dated March 6 1944 upon return to Rattlesden with flak damage. Designated for salvage on March 7, 1944. See Aircraft Profile |
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| 42-31519
O (name unknown) 709th BS Photo between Dec. 1943 and April 29, 1944 Damaged over Berlin on April 29, 1944; ditched in Channel. |
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