Jacob Zuckerman

Military

Returning from operations 6 Feb 1945, plane had mid air collision with 388th BG 'Miss Fortune' and crash landed in England at Prickwillow, Suffolk. All crew members wounded. Plane was 'Big Poison' AC #43-37894

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-37894) nicknamed "Big Poison" of the 490th Bomb Group. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '337894, Big Poison.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Big Poison
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

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Combat Chronology Supplements / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia