42-97824
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Left group, front to rear:
B-17G-45-BO #42-97320 "Hot Rock" Code: SU-G
B-17G-70-BO #43-37703 "Tremblin' Gremlin II" Code: SU-P
Right group, front to rear:
B-17G-30-VE #42-97824 no name Code: SU-U
B-17G-55-BO #42-102661 "Big Dog: Code: SU-L
B-17G-95-DL #44-6141 "Sneakin' Deacon" Code: SU-F
B-17G-45-BO #42-97309 "Kathleen - Lady of Victory" JD-C
384th Bomb Group collection
Added association to Irving Brayer. Brayer was photo and communications officer of the 56th Fighter Group, and took this image in June 1944.
Object Number - UPL 26395 - A group of 384th BG B-17's that have landed AWAY at the 56th FG base at Boxted, 28 June 1944 because of bad weather at Station 106. Left group,...
Delivered Denver 8/3/44; Hunter 16/4/44; Grenier 3/5/44; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-U] Grafton Underwood 10/5/44; transferred (401BG Deenethorpe 24/5/44); transferred with group to Istres for mapping duties, Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45.
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![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-33128.jpeg?itok=XdKKlVDS)
- Date: 17 January 1945
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- Date: 8 January 1945
![Captain Misch of the 487th Bomb Group in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Misch.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-380847.jpg?itok=TQD_fLv_)
- Date: 24 December 1944
![The wreck of a B-24 Liberator of the 93rd Bomb Group that crashed on take off near Aldeburgh, 19 December 1944. Image via Glenn Tessmer, 93rd Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '19/12/44 Aldeburgh, Norfolk, crash on t/o.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Crash site. Taken about 1 hour after crash. Mission was then scrubbed. Just off end of south runway. Lead aircraft 93BG at Hardwick, Eng. Probably Dec 15-23, 1944. Note weather! The exact date of the crash can be verified in 2nd A.D/ news letters. I can](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-387907.jpg?itok=HRpTGovG)
- Date: 19 December 1944
- Date: 12 December 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Denver, CO, USA | 3 August 1944 | |
Assigned |
Deenethorpe NN17, UK | 24 May 1945 | 401BGparticipated in mapping duties on the continent |
Manufactured |
Revisions
B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
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