|
TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
$ 64 "?" |
B |
- |
24 |
H |
- |
1 |
- |
CF |
42-64437 |
8 |
93 |
330 |
AG |
B |
00-1 |
FRED SPARREVOHN |
Starboard (Right) Side - 8 May 44
Info Contributor -
Col. Fred Sparrevohn
USAF (Ret.) (Pilot)
One day when I returned from a bombing
mission over Germany, the Crew Chief met me at the airplane and said “Sir, your
airplane does not have a name. Would you like to name it?” I was a bit flustered
and responded “That’s a $64 question!” (This at the time was a popular game
show). “I will get back to you later.” That night I tried to think of names like
my wife, my mother, my dog, etc. The next time I came out to the airplane, she
was named!
These pictures were taken the day my
Navigator and I finished our thirty missions. Incidentally, the airplane was
shot down on its very next mission, before the pictures were even developed!
Info Contributor - Tom
Brittan
One of the original aircraft in 8 445 701. It arrived in the UK 4 Dec 43 and by
28 Dec 43, it had been transferred to 93rd. AG sq code was added in Mar 44.
Crashed and burned 12 May 44 at Woodbridge, Suffolk, emergency field.
Send e-mail
or pics to B-24
Best Web Master along with your questions or
comments about this web site.
Copyright © 1997 B-24
Best Web. Published on Veterans Day 11/11/97. Last
modified:
27-Mar-2021