FRE 1161

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The control tower at RAF Colerne. A B-17 Flying Fortress (WW-G, serial number 42-5729 later nicknamed "Buccaneer") of the 306th Bomb Group is visible in the background. 306BG B-17Fs 42-5729 (WW-G) and 42-29554 (GY-X) diverted to RAF Colerne following the 16th April 1943 mission to Lorient. Image via Mike Bowyer A veteran has written on the reverse: 'From Mike Bowyer 3/72 from collection of wing/Co. 76 sqd. Halifax at Home. RAF station WWII.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'WW:G 25729, GY:X.'

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Units

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Maryland, My Maryland : Billie
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
The control tower at Thurleigh air base. A B-17 Flying Fortress (WW-G, serial number 42-5729 later nicknamed "Buccaneer") of the 306th Bomb Group is visible in the background. Image via Mike Bowyer A veteran has written on the reverse: 'From Mike Bowyer 3/72 from collection of wing/Co. 76 sqd. Halifax at Home. RAF station WWII.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'WW:G 25729, GY:X.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Buccaneer, Piccadilly Commando
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

Locations

Mission

Revisions

Date:
ContributorPaul Bellamy
ChangesChanges to caption, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
Sources

306BG Mission Report (http://www.306bg.org/MISSION_REPORTS/16apr43.pdf)
WWII footage of Colerne control tower (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT69P2LWIzs)

Date:
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to caption and place associations
Sources

Removed the association to Thurleigh.

Date:
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection