UPL 54994

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Crash picture, only surviving major piece as a result of mid-air collision on takeoff while forming up. Mission to Kiel. Rest of plane, loaded with bombs and fuel, burned for hours. Tail, right waist and ball turret gunner (Harry E. Hancock) bodies recovered and buried at American Military Cemetery Catsworth. Seven of the ten crewmembers were buried in Section E Site 35 at the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.

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Units

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rikki Tikki Tavi II
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

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Sources

Government crash site photos