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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 10/3/44; Gr Island 30/3/44; Dow Fd 8/4/44; Assigned 729BS/452BG [M3- ] Deopham Green 11/4/44; destroyed by enemy aircraft at Poltava, with Jim Nelson Rus 21/6/44; Salvaged 2/7/44.
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42-102514
B-17 Flying Fortress
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Destroyed on the ground by German bombers at Poltava, Ukraine the night of June 21-22, 1944.
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Destroyed B-17s litter the field at Poltava, Ukraine after an unopposed German air strike the night of June 21-22, 1944.
Delivered Cheyenne 10/3/44; Gr Island 30/3/44; Dow Fd 8/4/44; Assigned 729BS/452BG [M3- ] Deopham Green 11/4/44; destroyed by enemy aircraft at Poltava, with Jim Nelson Rus 21/6/44; Salvaged 2/7/44.
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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... -
729th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Missions
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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... -
Poltava
Military site : airfield
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 26 June 2015 14:57:46 | Pete | Changes to markings, aircraft associations, unit associations, place associations, mission associations and media associations |
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452nd Bomb Group Assoc. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:10 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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