Billy B Reel

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
The crumbled wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress (PY-Y, serial number 43-37912) of the 972nd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '92BG, 11/12/44.' media-408331.jpg FRE 3728 The crumbled wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress (PY-Y, serial number 43-37912) of the 92nd Bomb Group,407th Squadron,,,forced down by flak on way back from mission to Frankfurt,,,crash site is Distroff,France,,all crew parachuted out safely,,,Ralph Rollins Crew Handwritten caption on reverse: '92BG, 11/12/44.' Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 3728 - The crumbled wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress (PY-Y, serial number 43-37912) of the 92nd Bomb Group,407th Squadron,,,forced down by flak on way...

Killed in Action (KIA) crashed at Stendal in B-17 #4338932

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.

92nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-38932

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

1 January 1945

Born

Sharpsville, Indiana, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 1 January 1945

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11371 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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The crumbled wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress (PY-Y, serial number 43-37912) of the 972nd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '92BG, 11/12/44.'

Object number: FRE 3728 - The crumbled wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress...