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UPL 16603
Reported destroyed on the ground by German bombers at Poltava, Ukraine the night of June 21-22, 1944.
452nd Bomb Group Assoc.
Delivered Cheyenne 28/4/44; Kearney 10/5/44; Grenier 25/5/44; Assigned 729BS/452BG [M3- ] Deopham Green 28/5/44; destroyed by enemy aircraft at Poltava with Tom Simpson 21/6/44; Salvaged 2/7/44.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: AO760626
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group Headquarters Squadron (490th Bomb Group) Headquarters (452nd Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-22030
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Eastern Command Headquarters (ESCOM)
Missions
- Date: 21 June 1944
- Official Description:
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group