44-6880

media-28249.jpeg UPL 28249

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Object Number - UPL 28249

Delivered Hunter 9/12/44; Dow Fd 20/12/44; Assigned 463BG Celone 23/1/45; Returned to the USA Morrison 28/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 14/12/45.

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Units served with

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'

463rd Bomb Group

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

People

McIrwin Swinney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Air Transport Command 2nd Bomb Group 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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