UPL 52573

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AC # 43-38125, 'Mary Makers', 615th BS, 401st Bomb Group. Crashed near the Cottesmore buncher (formation assembly area) shortly after takeoff. All crew members survived. Scrapped.

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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mary Makers
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Locations

Mission

The smoking crash site of a B-24 Liberator of the 467th Bomb Group near Old Catton. Official caption printed on image: (33)(PLAC. MIS. ASSY)(22-1-45)(AC 393).' Handwritten caption on reverse: '22/1/45 467 BG B-24 crashed at Old Catton, killing all aboard.'
  • Date: 22 January 1945

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