FRE 9643

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A B-26 Marauder (9F-K, serial number 42-96167) of the 599th Bomb Squadron, 397th Bomb Group is propped up on stilts for repairs after crash-landing on the 18th of July 1944. Official caption on image: "(GAD-15-397-1) (18 July 44) (B-26B-55 - 4296095) Restricted." Handwritten caption on reverse: '397BG, 597BS.'
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A B-26 Marauder (9F-K, serial number 42-96167) of the 599th Bomb Squadron, 397th Bomb Group is propped up on stilts for repairs after crash-landing on the 18th of July 1944. Official caption on image: "(GAD-15-397-1) (18 July 44) (B-26B-55 - 4296095) Restricted." Handwritten caption on reverse: '397BG, 597BS.'

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A B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-96191) nicknamed "The Milk Run Special" of the 397th Bomb Group at Steeple Morden, 1945. Image by Alexander "Cal" Sloan. Written on slide casing: '296191, 397 BG.'

397th Bomb Group

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

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection