UPL 35414

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"Formations of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the U.S. 8th Air Force wing over Germany 23 Dec 44 as they head for vital rail and road points to bomb, in air-ground cooperation with Allied armies fighting a few miles away."

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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

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron 833rd Bomb Squadron 834th Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron

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