44-6160

media-21947.png UPL 21947 On the foreground, débris from B-17 # 42-102686 destroyed on the ground by a German attack on the Poltava airfield, Soviet Union, on 21 June 1944 (Official USAAF photo)

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Object Number - UPL 21947 - On the foreground, débris from B-17 # 42-102686 destroyed on the ground by a German attack on the Poltava airfield, Soviet Union, on 21 June 1944...

Delivered Tulsa 16 May 1944; Kearney 27 May 1944; Dow Field 6 June 1944. Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-L] Snetterton Heath 7 June 1944. Landed at Poltava, Soviet Union in the middle of June 1944. Returned to the USA Bradley 5 July 1945; Herington 9 July 1945; Recl Comp 23 July 1945.

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The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Sergeant George Mondale, Lieutenant Ernest Demaray, Sergeant John McCallum and Lieutenant Roger Soth of the 452nd Bomb Group with Russian personnel. Image via William C Gaither. Letter from Gaither enclosed with print: ‘These photographers were taken at Poltava, Russia on June 22 1944. On June 21st my group, the 452d and others flew from England to Poltava en route hitting oil refinery at Rhurland, Germany. That night after landing German dive bombers bombed the field destroying ninety or more B-17 airc

Poltava

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Eastern Command Headquarters (ESCOM)

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

44-6160: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 21947 - On the foreground, débris from B-17 # 42-102686...

Object number: UPL 21948 - B-17 # 44-6160 in the background. Slightly damaged...