45th Combat Bomb Wing
Wing
42-97222
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 8/2/44; Gr Island 19/2/44; Presque Is 11/3/44; Assigned 728th BS / 452nd BG Deopham Green ( T ) 13/3/44; battle damaged Chemnitz, Ger 6/2/45 with Carl Tyner, Co-pilot: John Stellitans, Navigator: John Woodford, togg-Sgt Hurbert Richardson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Marion Strong, Radio Operator: Chas Boyle, Ball turret gunner: Art Phillips, Waist gunner: Harley Riesgard,Tail gunner: Chas Riesig (9 Returned to Duty); flak KOd two engines, force landed continent; Salvaged 20/5/45. DUECES WILD.
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452nd Bomb Group
Group
The 452nd Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Deopham Green, Norfolk, from January 1944. The air crews hit strategic sites in Germany but also supported the movement of ground forces across Europe after D-Day. On 6 June 1944 itself, the Group... -
728th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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Burton Sobel
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator | 452nd Bomb Group
Flew 30 combat missions in several different B-17's. 1st mission was Lutzkendorf with 731st SQ, and last mission was Dedenhausen.
Places
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Deopham Green
Military site : airfield
Deopham Green was another air base constructed after America's entry into the war to Class A standards for use by the B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber. When the 452nd Bomb Group arrived in January 1943 they found a main runway of 2,000 yards, two... -
Presque Isle Army Airfield
Military site : airfield
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 02 April 2017 15:42:33 | terveurn | Changes to manufacturer, nicknames, description, unit associations and place associations |
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added identification letter |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:41:10 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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