43-37628 Heavenly Body

media-52688.jpeg UPL 52688 AC # 43-37628 'Heavenly Body' 612th BS, 401st BG

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Object Number - UPL 52688 - AC # 43-37628 'Heavenly Body' 612th BS, 401st BG

Delivered Cheyenne 5/5/44; Hunter 18/5/44; Dow Fd 30/5/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-O] Deenethorpe 10/6/44; 612BS [SC-A]; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/11/45. HEAVENLY BODY.

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  • Date: 25 October 1944

685

  • Date: 22 October 1944

683

  • Date: 19 October 1944

681

  • Date: 17 October 1944
The flak damaged nose of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 398th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: '54600 AC- England- 1st lt Lawrence M De Lancey, Corvallis, Oregon, landed this B-17 safely after its nose was literally shot away by flak over Cologne, Germany. Please Credit: Official US Air Force Photo.' Printed caption on image: 'This B-17 landed safely after losing its nose to flak. US AAF Photo.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '43-38172 of 398th BG.'

678

  • Date: 15 October 1944

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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