42-31844 The Swoose

Object Number - UPL 24320 - B-17G-30-BO #42-31844 "Swoose" 463rd Bomb Group - 772nd Bomb Squadron - 15th AF

Delivered Denver 25/12/43; Gt Falls 27/12/43; Denver 30/12/43; Lakeland 20/1/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 28/3/44; Salvaged 16/5/45. THE SWOOSE 1944 MODEL. IT FLYS?.

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Units served with

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'

463rd Bomb Group

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

People

Frank Allen Kurtz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Group Commander - Pilot

Places

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'

Celone

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Denver, CO, USA 25 December 1943

Assigned

Celone Airfield, Foggia, Province of Foggia, Italy 28 March 1944 463rd BG 772nd BS

Revisions

Date14 Nov 2016 02:13:46
Contributor466thHistorian
Sources

B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:41
ContributorAAM
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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