UPL 36126
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B-17 Plane. Serial number: W 42-97387 K8-H. Plane landed with one chute out. Handwritten on reverse: 'We stopped just short of runway end. I really worked # 6 mission'.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Maude an Maria
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
Locations
- Site type: Airfield
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398th Bomb Group Collection via Nuthampstead Airfield Museum. Museum object reference number: NAM040-24
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Handwritten on reverse: '# 6 mission to Merseberg. 400 Fighters 4-500 holes, no brakes, here landing with one of two chutes we used, one broke away-pilots first mission'.