447th Badge447th Bomb Group
USAAF Station 126 - Rattlesden 
Aircraft Gallery 6
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
43-38884 A "Li'l Skippy"  708th BS
Photo between November '44 and February '45
Scrapped at Kingman, Arizona in 1946.

43-38903 Q Miss Lace 711th BS
Photo between February and May, 1945, sometimes confused with Bit o' Lace (42-97976) of the 709th Squadron.
Scrapped at Kingman, Arizona in 1946.

 
43-38905 E "Bang Bang Lulu"  708th BS
Photo between October 1944 and May 1945.
Scrapped at Kingman, Arizona in 1946.

See Aircraft Profile, Harvey May Collection
43-38940 B "The Black Brassiere" 708th BS
Photo after November 1944, to be established by mission count.
Scrapped at Kingman, Arizona in 1946.
 
43-38950 "Bloody Bucket" 708BS

Also known as Ol' Boomerang (see Combat Diary- S/Sgt Lauri K. Rautio)

Photo undated. Scrapped at Kingman, Arizona in 1946.
43-38995 L (name unknown) 710th BS
Photo dated Feb. 22, 1945
Damaged in the explosion and fire at Rattlesden on February 21, 1945; written off and salvaged.
43-39029 N "Linda Sue" 710th BS
at bombs away
Photo taken between February and May, 1945

Linda Sue made a forced landing in France on April 14, 1945 (low fuel), but returned to Rattlesden. Ultimately she was scrapped at Kingman Arizona in 1946.  See Aircraft Profile
43-39054 A "Jersey Bounce II" 710th BS
Photo dated March 25, 1945

Crash landed after non-operational flight; written off and salvaged.

See Crew Profile- Jepsen-McBroom
43-39189 L (name unknown) 710th BS
Photo after mid-May 1945.

Shown landing at Rattlesden, the aircraft carries the "anti-buzz" markings under the port wing, believed not adopted until after VE-Day.

Photo from The Delap Collection

 
43-39352 "900 HILGARD" 
Photo after March 1945.
Scrapped at Kingman, Arizona in 1946.
44-6016 P "TNT JEANIE" 711th BS
Photo Between Jun 1944 and March 1945, to be established by mission count (50).

 

 

 

 

44-6016 P "TNT KATIE" 711th BS
Photo Between Jun 1944 and March 1945, to be established by mission count (74).
"TNT" and the painted figure appeared on both, only certain letters the name changed.
Lost over Oranienburg on March 15, 1945.


44-6462 O "Sandusky Jo"  710th BS
Photo between Sept. 1944 and February 1945
Scrapped at Kingman, Arizona in 1946
44-6823 C "Miss Spent Youth" 708th BS
Photo undated; Scrapped at Kingman, Arizona in 1946.
44-8131 Y (name unknown) PFF
Photo dated Feb. 22, 1945
H2X pathfinder. Damaged in the explosion and fire at Rattlesden on February 21, 1945; written off and salvaged.
44-8310 M "Thumper" 708th BS 
Photo taken at Kingman, 1946
Scrapped at Kingman, Arizona in 1946.
44-8355 P (name unknown) 710th BS
Photo date December 24, 1944
One of the most chilling photos in the collection, the Pathfinder 48355, piloted by Lt. Miles S. King, is seen falling from formation, left wing on fire. Only two members of the crew survived.
44-8393 Y (name unknown) 709th BS PFF
Photo by John Kirkwood on April 8, 1945 
H2X pathfinder, scrapped at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas in 1946.

See Aircraft Profile
44-8643 K (name unknown) 
Photo between February and May, 1945
44-83279 J (name unknown)
Photo dated April 22, 1945 from accident report.
Scrapped at Kingman Arizona in 1946

See Aircraft Profile