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Delivered Cheyenne 21/6/44; Hunter 16/7/44; Grenier 24/7/44; Assigned 850BS/490BG Eye 26/7/44; battle damaged Parchim 7/4/45 with Cagle; mid air coll with Me109 (by Sonderkommando Elbe rammer); reached allied territory safely despite two engines out; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45.

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Places

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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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log