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Sergeant John Pysarchuk of the 92nd Bomb Group gives a talk about a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9022) nicknamed "Alabama Exterminator II" to Air Training Cadets who are on a tour of the United States Eighth Air Force base at Bovingdon. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 2 DEC 1942.' [stamp]; 'Approved for Issue 2 Dec 1942.' [stamp], 'Copyright Current Affairs LTD.' [stamp] and '236338' [Censor no]. Printed caption on reverse: 'A flight of A.T.C. boys on a visit to an American Air Force station in Britain were initiated into the secrets of a Flying Fortress by the pilot and crew. O.P.S. (3) Sergt. John Pysarahuk[sic], of Cleveland, Ohio, tells the boys the history of some of the "pet names" painted on the plane.'
Group
The 92nd Group sometime after arrivial in the UK converted to the role of in-theater combat crew indocrination and training. For this role, the Group traded its B-17F complement and obtained the B-17E, mostly from the 97th BG which was departing for...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 341BS/97BG Polebrook 3/42; with C.J. Paine force landed Presque Is, ME 27/6/42; Bovingdon 8/42, used as ferry navigation a/c; transferred 546BS/384BG [BK-L] Grafton Underwood 4/6/43 as t/t & hack 8/43; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 27/7/44;...
Military site : airfield
Bovingdon, in Hertfordshire (often confused with Bovington, Dorset), was built in 1941-42 as a bomber station but was never developed into a fully-fledged heavy bomber airfield as it did not have the required 2,000 yard runway.
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 08 September 2014 15:18:18 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection |
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