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Ground personnel of the 91st Bomb Group attend to the burning wreckage of a B-17G Flying Fortress (OR-S, serial number 42-31513). Handwritten caption on reverse: '#4241. B-17 2315[1]3 Burning. H.'
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Ground personnel of the 91st Bomb Group attend to the burning wreckage of a B-17G Flying Fortress (OR-S, serial number 42-31513). Handwritten caption on reverse: '#4241. B-17 2315[1]3 Burning. H.'

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Units

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

The burning wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31513) of the 91st Bomb Group that has crashed at Bassingbourn.

42-31513

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron

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Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection