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42-31130

Delivered Dallas 23/9/43; Gr Island 11/10/43; Wilmington 13/10/43; Assigned 652BS/25BG Watton 16/10/43; Returned to the USA 4000 BU Patterson 16/4/46; 4185 BU Independence 29/10/46; 4000 BU Patterson 30/10/46; re-ass USN (CB-17) 31/3/47; 4141 BU Pyote 16/10/47; Recl Comp 7/6/48; Salvaged 1/6/49..

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'

25th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Reconnaissance

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38536) of the 652nd Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group lands at Watton. Handwritten caption on reverse: '652 BS 25 BG Watton.'

652nd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Pyote Army Airfield

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Rattlesnake Bomber Base

A crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 25th Bomb Group. Veteran's caption handwritten on reverse: 'Back Row- Left to Right Edward Corner Tail Gunner (Deceased)- Sam Odensky RDG- Donald Yennie Engineer (Status Unknown) The Hawk RAF) 1st Row Kneeling L to R Warren Forgie (Pilot), Earnest York (Co-Pilot), Edward Sofranko (Navigator), Robert Poe (Ball Gunner) (Edward York Died Oct 15, 1988 Heart Attack).'

Watton

Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date9 May 2020 19:55:45

ContributorAl_Skiff

Sources

https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-31130/

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:36

ContributorAAM

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log