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UPL 21947
On the foreground, débris from B-17 # 42-102686 destroyed on the ground by a German attack on the Poltava airfield, Soviet Union, on 21 June 1944 (Official USAAF photo)
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Delivered Tulsa 16 May 1944; Kearney 27 May 1944; Dow Field 6 June 1944. Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-L] Snetterton Heath 7 June 1944. Landed at Poltava, Soviet Union in the middle of June 1944. Returned to the USA Bradley 5 July 1945; Herington 9 July 1945; Recl Comp 23 July 1945.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Eastern Command Headquarters (ESCOM)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138