42-3089 Captain Eddie
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FRE 7488
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3089) of the 96th Bomb Group and a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-8190) of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Snetterton Heath, B-17 and A/S/R P-47.'
Roger Freeman Collection
B-17 identity corrected from serial visible on photograph.
Delivered Long Beach 31/1/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG Dow Fd 24/5/43; transferred 338BS/96BG [BX-V] Andrews Fd /43; Snetterton 12/6/43; Returned to the USA Grenier 10/1/45; Eglin 3/4/45. CAPTAIN EDDIE.
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- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138