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43-38835

Delivered Lincoln 27/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-X] Kimbolton 17/10/44; transferred 836BS/487BG Lavenham 22/5/45; 94BG Rougham 23/5/45; Returned to the USA 1103 BU Morrison 25/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 28/12/45.

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People

John M Royall

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-513516
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Aerial photography Bury St Edmunds (Rougham) airfield, looking north, the technical site and T2 hangar are to the right, 7 June 1946. Photograph taken by No. 540 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1557. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bury St Edmunds

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Rougham

Aerial photograph of Kimbolton airfield looking west, the bomb dump and technical site with a T2 hangar is on the left, 10 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/635. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Kimbolton

Site type: Airfield

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

Lavenham

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:41:33

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log