43-38051

Delivered Cheyenne 20/6/44; Hunter 16/7/44; Dow Fd 26/7/44; Assigned 848BS/490BG Eye 28/7/44; on assembly for training mission 11/8/44 with Capt Norman Cosby, Co-pilot: Maj Henry Peterson, Bombardier: Andy Korothy, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Bristow, Ball turret gunner: Paul Hoban, obs-Lt Elmer Crowder (6 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Dominic Pulli, Radio Operator: Ken Bagnell, Waist gunner: Larrey Barnett, Waist gunner: Milton Rayberg (4 Killed in Action); coll with 43-37618 (490BG) over Diss, crash landed Factory Lane, Roydon, Nfk, UK; Salvaged 14/8/44.

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Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log