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A crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-37899) nicknamed "Rack and Ruin" of the 486th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GAD-78-2-486)(6-2-45)(43-37899) Crash Landing. 60441 AC.'

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Units

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

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Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection