43-38022

B-17 Flying Fortresses, pathfinder (2C-H, serial number 44-8672) and (serial number 43-38022), of the 838th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group Lavenham, 20 February 1945. Official caption on image: "ISAD 2-20-45G182 - 1 - Fire Damage, B-17G, 44-8672, Lavenham - R.Z." Handwritten caption on reverse: '20-2-45, 345. 487th B. Group. Lavenham. R.A. Andrews. Keep.' media-414564.jpg FRE 8549 B-17 Flying Fortresses, pathfinder (2C-H, serial number 44-8672) and (serial number 43-38022), of the 838th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group Lavenham, 20 February 1945. Official caption on image: "ISAD 2-20-45G182 - 1 - Fire Damage, B-17G, 44-8672, Lavenham - R.Z." Handwritten caption on reverse: '20-2-45, 345. 487th B. Group. Lavenham. R.A. Andrews. Keep.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 8549 - B-17 Flying Fortresses, pathfinder (2C-H, serial number 44-8672) and (serial number 43-38022), of the 838th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group Lavenham,...

Delivered Cheyenne 16/6/44; Kearney 27/6/44; Grenier 8/7/44; Assigned 486BG Sudbury 11/7/44; no ops, transferred 836BS/487BG [2G-D] Lavenham 12/7/44; hit while parked in a taxi accident by 44-8611 22/1/45; Salvaged 23/1/45.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

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

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Revisions

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Added the Production block number and Manufacturer per info on the internet.

SOURCE:  https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/production-block/b-17g-75-bo-43-37874-4…

Added associations to the 836BS / 487BG as listed in the A/C description.

 

 

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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B-17 Flying Fortresses, pathfinder (2C-H, serial number 44-8672) and (serial number 43-38022), of the 838th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group Lavenham, 20 February 1945. Official caption on image: "ISAD 2-20-45G182 - 1 - Fire Damage, B-17G, 44-8672, Lavenham - R.Z." Handwritten caption on reverse: '20-2-45, 345. 487th B. Group. Lavenham. R.A. Andrews. Keep.'

Object number: FRE 8549 - B-17 Flying Fortresses, pathfinder (2C-H, serial...