44-8321
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FRE 5468
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8321) of the 34th Bomb Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: '34 BG/ 18 BS, Mount Farm 48321.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Kearney 8/8/44; Grenier 17/8/44; Assigned 18BS/34BG Mendlesham 20/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 25/6/45; Sth Plains 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 22/11/45.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Missions
- Date: 7 April 1945
- Date: 5 April 1945
- Date: 4 April 1945