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42-102964

media-28318.jpeg UPL 28318

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Object Number - UPL 28318

Delivered Cheyenne 23/4/44; Kearney 6/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-M] Chelveston 2/6/44; transferred 351BG Polebrook 23/4/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 13/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 18/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 4/12/45. MISS YVONNE.

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Edward Hale Brooks

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-25815
Highest Rank: Major
Role/Job: Pilot

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Ground crews of 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses wait for their aircraft to return to Chelveston airbase after a raid on the 30 June 1943; a B-17 Flying Fortress is coming in to land. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresse

Chelveston

Site type: Airfield

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-107124) of the 351st Bomb Group flies over Polebrook.

Polebrook

Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date20 Apr 2021 07:18:23

ContributorPaulN

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B17 Database held by subscriber

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:13

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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