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42-97357 The railroader

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Object Number - UPL 23916

Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/44; Rapid City 5/3/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 3/5/44; no ops, transferred 533BS/381BG [VP-Z] Ridgewell 19/5/44; 57m battle damaged Germersheim with Fawcett 13/1/45; force landed continent, Salvaged. THE RAILROADER.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

The insignia of the 533rd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group.

533rd Bomb Squadron

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

Places

Aerial photograph of Nuthampstead Airfield looking north, the technical and recreation sites are on the left, the ammunition dump and firing butts are at the bottom, 9 June 1948. Photograph taken by No. 58 Squadron, sortie number RAF/58/53. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Nuthampstead

Site type: Airfield

Ridgewell

Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date25 Jan 2021 11:19:06

Contributorvppelt68

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Ron MacKay, Ridgewell´s Flying Fortresses (Schiffer Publ.)

Date25 Jan 2021 11:15:56

Contributorvppelt68

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Ron MacKay, Ridgewell´s Flying Fortresses

Date14 Jan 2019 11:34:11

Contributorvppelt68

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Observations from a wartime photograph.

Date14 Jan 2019 07:23:23

Contributorvppelt68

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Based on viewing two online photographs of the plane.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:41:12

ContributorAAM

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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