44-6508 Maiden U.S.A., Mission to Moscow
![A B-17 Flying Fortress (IW-A, serial number 44-6508) of the 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '48.' On reverse: Griff Murphey [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/wysiwyg_x2/public/freeman/media-414250.jpg.webp?itok=ME3asDlD)
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 8073 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (IW-A, serial number 44-6508) of the 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '48.' On reverse:...
Delivered Lincoln 24/8/44; Grenier 9/9/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-A] Deenethorpe 23/9/44; 613BS [IN-A]; battle damaged Berlin 3/2/45 with ?; force landed continent, repaired & ret UK; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; Sth Plains 18/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/11/45. MAIDEN U.S.A.
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- Date: 28 December 1944
- Date: 27 December 1944
- Date: 24 December 1944
- Date: 15 December 1944
- Date: 6 December 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 3 February 1945 |
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Personal stories passed down from my grandfather (William J. Sweeney III)
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Personal stories passed down from my grandfather (William J Sweeney III)
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 12213 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database