42-97935
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UPL 16585
42-97935 Destroyed on the ground by German bombers at Poltava, Ukraine the night of June 21-22, 1944.
452nd Bomb Group Assoc.
Delivered Denver 9/4/44; Kearney 3/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 447BG Rattlesden 23/5/44; transferred 731BS/452BG [M3- ] Deopham Green 24/5/44; destroyed by enemy aircraft at Poltava with Hugh Lane 21/6/44; Salvaged 2/7/44.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Eastern Command Headquarters (ESCOM)
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 21 June 1944
- Official Description:
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group