15th Air Force
The Fifteenth Air Force was one of two Strategic Air forces in Europe, along with the Eighth Air Force.
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42-3392
B-17 Flying Fortress
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B-17F-100-BO #42-30357 (foreground) B-17F-50-DL #42-3392 (background) 301st BG - 353rd BS
Delivered Denver 4/6/43; Presque Is 31/7/43; Assigned 96BS/2BG Massicault 8/8/43; transferred 353BS/301BG Cerignola; 89m 97BG Amendola as weather ship in summer of ‘44; depot 11/10/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Fd 10/5/45.
Service
Units
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12th Air Force
The 12th Air Force was established in the USA during the Second World War to provide the Army Air Force component of Operation Torch (the invasion of French North Africa) in 1942. The Air Force initially moved to England for training before... -
2nd Bomb Group
Group
Served on antisubmarine duty for several months after the U.S. entered World War II. In October 1942 was re-designated as 2d Bombardment Group (Heavy) and earmarked for combat. The group was transferred on paper to Geiger Field, Washington, where it... -
301st Bomb Group
Group
Activated 3-February-1942 at Geiger Field, Washington and equipped with B-17s. On 27-May-1942 the ground unit moved to Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico, and the aircraft went to Muroc Army Air Field (now Edwards Air Force Base), California for... -
353rd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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96th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Places
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Amendola
Military site : airfield
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Massicault
Military site : airfield
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Presque Isle Army Airfield
Military site : airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Delivered | Denver, Colorado | 4 June 1943 |
| Assigned | Massicault, Tunisia | 8 August 1943 |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 11 March 2019 23:18:40 | 466thHistorian | Changes to production block number, manufacturer, events, unit associations and place associations |
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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:43 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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