John H Kirkwood | American Air Museum

John H Kirkwood Jr

Military

Pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortresses, including (serial number 44-8333), of the 447th Bomb Group release bombs over the target. Image via John Kirkwood. Handwritten caption on reverse of print: 'Scheherazade in background.' Written on slide casing: 'Bomb run Plauen 8/4/45.'

media-380596.jpg FRE 1776 Pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortresses, including (serial number 44-8333), of the 447th Bomb Group release bombs over the target. Image via John Kirkwood. Handwritten caption on reverse of print: 'Scheherazade in background.' Written on slide casing: 'Bomb run Plauen 8/4/45.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 1776 - Pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortresses, including (serial number 44-8333), of the 447th Bomb Group release bombs over the target. Image via John Kirkwood....

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Units served with

447th Bomb Group

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

Revisions

Date19 Aug 2015 17:13:34

ContributorLucy May

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Sources

Associated images to Kirkwood from image captions.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:16:09

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster, Enlisted Men, as of 01 August 1945

John H Kirkwood: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: FRE 1776 - Pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortresses, including...

A Pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress of the 385th Bomb Group in flight above the clouds. Image via John Kirkwood. Written on slide casing: '385BG.' Written on duplicate slide: 'A/C Z, PFF.'

Object number: FRE 6470 - A Pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress of the 385th...