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42-39882

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 711th Bomb Squadron

42-39883

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (ET-H) of the 336th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group during a mission over Bordeaux 5 December 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'ET-H, 230**7. Bordeaux 5/12/43.'

42-39884

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Cletracs and ground personnel of the 447th Bomb Group attend to a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-39886). Handwritten caption on reverse: '29/6/44.'

42-39886

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hi Mack
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron

42-39887

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pickle dropper iv
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron

42-39888

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: HotNuts
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 1 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

42-39890

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Return Ticket
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron

42-39891

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron

42-39892

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

42-39893

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

42-39894

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Boomerang Barbara
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

42-39895

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bermondsay Battler
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron

42-39896

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron

42-39897

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
The wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-39898) of the 91st Bomb Group.

42-39898

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Boston Bombshell *
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Star Dust

42-39901

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Star Dust
  • Unit: 551st Bomb Squadron 385th Bomb Group