UPL 37757

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42-39969 was lost nine days after being delivered to Deenethorpe. Shot down by fighters and crash landed around Osterode. Its was eventually recovered on 27 April 1948 at Valencia Airport and later redesignated as a TB-17G.

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Units

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-39969

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

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ChangesCreated entry with caption, unit associations and aircraft associations
Sources

Dave Osborne "B-17 Fortress Master Log".