43-37939

media-55915.jpeg UPL 55915 B-17 43-37939, 832BS, 486BG, 8AF.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 55915 - B-17 43-37939, 832BS, 486BG, 8AF.

Delivered Cheyenne 7/6/44; Kearney 18/6/44; Dow Fd 7/7/44; Assigned 832BS/486BG [3R-E] Sudbury 9/7/44; `27m` Missing in Action Bingen 27/11/44 with ?; force landed Vilvorbe, Ger?; Salvaged 1/12/44.

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

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

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Sudbury

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Kearney AAF, NE 7 June 1944 Delivered Kearney AAF.

Assigned

Sudbury, UK 9 July 1944 Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF.

Crashed

Vilvoorde, Belgium 27 November 1944 Force landed Vilvoorde, Belgium

Manufactured

Seattle, WA Built at Boeing.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://b17flyingfortress.de/en

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://b17flyingfortress.de/en

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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Object number: UPL 55915 - B-17 43-37939, 832BS, 486BG, 8AF.