Aircraft Gallery 3

447th Bomb Group
USAAF Station 126 - Rattlesden
Aircraft Gallery 3

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41-9085 - 42-31519

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42-31777 - 42-97392

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42-97400 - 42-107117

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42-107197 - 43-37869

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43-37873 - 43-38768

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43-38884 - 44-83279

*42-97400 E "Fuddy Duddy" 708th BS* Photo between June and December 1944, may be established by mission count. Popular aircraft, flown by many crews in the 708th, lost in a mid-air collision over Germany on December 30, 1944. See Aircraft Profile
*42-97497 "Tuxedo Tommie"* Photo undated; lost over Bremmen on October 12, 1944
*42-97538 "Dallas Dottie" 709th BS* Photo between March and November 1944 Left to right: Sqdn Bombardier Harris, Sqdn Operations Officer, Theo Rall and Sqdn Navigator E.D. Bigelow. Aircraft crash landed on the continent, written off on November 21, 1944 and salvaged.
*42-97624 S Devil's Mate II* 709th BS** Photo probably in late '44, but before Feb '45. Lost over Germany on February 9, 1945
42-97646 B (name unknown) Photo between April 44 and January 45 H2X "Pathfinder" radar plane (see dome in place of ball turret). Transferred from 94th Bomb Group on April 5, 1944 (note "TS" squadron markings, which might have been removed later). Aircraft scrapped at Kingman, Arizona in 1946.
42-97769 Y (Name unknown) 711th BS Photo dated December 2, 1944; scrapped at Kingman, Arizona in 1946.
42-97803 H (Name unknown) 711th BS Returned to the US and scrapped at Kingman in 1946.
*42-97836 "Bugs Bunny Jr." 709th BS* Photo date unknown and crew unidentified. Hit by flak over Oranienburg on March 15, 1945; crashed in Denmark. Prelim. MACR
*42-97976 D "Louie the Creep"* 709th BS Photo between September and November 1944 when Cheyenne tail gun was installed. Probably September or later, as cowlings appear to have recently been painted white. 42-97976 D "Bit o' Lace" 709th BS Photo taken May 12, 1945 by Charles Brown. In February 1945 this aircraft was renamed as one of the most famous in the group. It was subsequently scrapped at Kingman Arizona after flying 83 combat missions. See Aircraft Profile**
*42-102441 "TNT Katie" 711th BS* Undated photo; lost over Merseburg on October 7, 1944 see TNT Katie (II) -- 44-6016 Page 6
42-102471 B (name unknown) Photo between May and September 1944, probably late summer. Lost over Germany on September 11, 1944.
*42-102567 K "Sarah Gray" 709th BS* Photo undated; crashed on takeoff from Rattlesden on January 1, 1945.
*42-102604 "Mac's High Hats" 710th BS* Photo between May 1944 and January 1945, to be determined by mission count (21). Forced landing on the Continent on January 10, 1945; written off and salvaged.
*42-102651 N "Picadilly Ann II"* 710th BS** Photo July 12, 1944 at Dubendorf, Switz. Forced landing at Dubendorf on July 11, 1944. Aircraft and crew interned; subsequently scrapped at Walnut Ridge in 1946.
*42-102668 G "Cock o' the Sky" 710th BS* Undated photo taken between May 44 and February 45. Scrapped at Kingman in 1946. See Aircraft Profile, Color Collection.
*42-107003 P "Bouncin' Baby" 710th BS* Damaged in the explosion and fire at Rattlesden on February 21, 1945; written off and salvaged. Photo between July and November 44.
42-107021 L (Name unknown) 710BS Photo date unknown, but clearly as a new or nearly new aircraft. After less than a month with the 447th, this aircraft was damaged by flak on the April 13 1944 raid. It, along with the Thornbury crew (Crew Profile), reached Switzerland, where they were interned.
*42-107025 D "Little Chum" 710/711 BS* Photo date to be established by mission count (No. 40 just added). Forced landing on the Continent on January 10, 1945; written off and salvaged.
*42-107029 E "Tailwind" 710th BS* Lost over Merseburg on November 2, 1944. Photo between April and November 1944.
*42-107052 "Paper Doll II" 710th BS* Photo between April-may 1944. Lost over Leipzig on May 29, 1944.
42-107060 V (Name unknown) 711th BS Photo dated December 1, 1944 after gear collapse on landing; non-combat flight; salvaged for parts.
*42-107079 L "Toots" 708th BS* Photo around May 24, 1944 Battle damage from flak on June 12, 1944; designated for salvage on June 23, 1944
*42-107117 O "Pandora's Box" 710th BS* Photo dated Feb. 22, 1945 Damaged in the explosion and fire at Rattlesden on February 21, 1945; written off and salvaged. Note the deformed aluminum skin and melted waist window from the heat of the gasoline fire several hundred feet away.