43-38100 Elegant El

media-29482.jpeg UPL 29482 Nose art of #43-38100 "Elegant El" of the 490th BG, 850th BS.

Photo provided by Ron Allen.

Object Number - UPL 29482 - Nose art of #43-38100 "Elegant El" of the 490th BG, 850th BS.

Delivered Cheyenne 26/6/44; Kearney 15/7/44; Grenier 20/7/44; Assigned 850BS/490BG Eye 22/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 14/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 16/7/45; 237 BU Kirtland 25/12/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 6/2/46.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

People

Francis B Fisher

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-805803
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Revisions

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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbaat.asp?theAT=B-17&offset=2525

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Name was taken from an original photo of #43-38100.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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