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42-39848 Archi Ball

Nose art 42-39848

UPL 60542 UPL 60542 42-39848

Object Number - UPL 60542 - 42-39848

Delivered Long Beach 18/9/43; Scott 22/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 4/11/43; transferred 511BS/351BG [DS-C] Polebrook 18/11/43; {27m} transferred 838BS/487BG Lavenham 16/7/44; was severly damaged when taxying 42-39760 ran into it while parked on hardstand; sal 27/7/44. ARCHIBALD.

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People

Benjamin T Jeremiah

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-702925
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Assistant Intelligence Officer

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-107124) of the 351st Bomb Group flies over Polebrook.

Polebrook

Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date14 Mar 2023 15:23:55

ContributorPete

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Sources

http://www.351st.org/ken.harbour/index.php?planes

Date14 Mar 2023 15:22:44

ContributorPete

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Sources

http://www.351st.org/ken.harbour/index.php?planes

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:50

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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