43-38397

The wreckage of a B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38397) of the 349th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group that has crash-landed at Chalon-sur-Saône ,Burgundy, France . Printed caption on reverse of print: 'B-17G 43-38397 - 100th BG - 349th BS. Was abandoned by its crew (their first mission!) over Eastern France and crash-landed at Fontaines (near Chalon-sur-Saône) on Tuesday 6th February 1945.' media-407363.jpg FRE 4101 The wreckage of a B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38397) of the 349th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group that has crash-landed at Chalon-sur-Saône ,Burgundy, France . Printed caption on reverse of print: 'B-17G 43-38397 - 100th BG - 349th BS. Was abandoned by its crew (their first mission!) over Eastern France and crash-landed at Fontaines (near Chalon-sur-Saône) on Tuesday 6th February 1945.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 4101 - The wreckage of a B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38397) of the 349th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group that has crash-landed at...

Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/44; Hunter 8/8/44; Dow Fd 30/8/44; Assigned 493BG Debach 1/9/44; transferred 351BS/100BG [EP-D] Thorpe Abbotts 2/9/44; battle damaged Chemnitz 6/2/45 with Jerome Garrison; force landed Chagny, Fr?; Salvaged 13/3/45.

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The wreckage of a B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38397) of the 349th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group that has crash-landed at Chalon-sur-Saône ,Burgundy, France . Printed caption on reverse of print: 'B-17G 43-38397 - 100th BG - 349th BS. Was abandoned by its crew (their first mission!) over Eastern France and crash-landed at Fontaines (near Chalon-sur-Saône) on Tuesday 6th February 1945.'

Object number: FRE 4101 - The wreckage of a B-17G Flying Fortress (serial...

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38397) of the 349th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group abandoned by its crew Chalon-sur-Saône ,Burgundy, France. Handwritten caption on reverse: '338352, XR-, 6/2/45. 100BG. Fontaines (Saône-et-Loire).'

Object number: FRE 4102 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38397) of...

A B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 43-38397) of the 349th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group abandoned by its crew near Chalon-sur-Saône ,Burgundy, France on the 6th of February 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '338397, 349/100BG, 6/2/45, Saône-et-Loire.'

Object number: FRE 4103 - A B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 43-38397)...

Object number: UPL 52351 - Planes from the 100th Bomb Group on a mission*...