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media-55951.jpeg UPL 55951 Belle of the Brawl

Roy's Bomber Pictures

Object Number - UPL 55951 - Belle of the Brawl

Delivered Cheyenne 21/7/44; Kearney 31/7/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 849BS/490BG Eye 11/8/44, then 34BG Mendlesham; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/11/45.

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Units served with

34th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

490th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

849th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Clyde Roy Provance

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 17180109
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Brome

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 34th Bomb Group at Mendelsham. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Mendelsham Red Sqdn, 18 BS 5/45.'

Mendlesham

Site type: Airfield
Known as: RAF Mendlesham

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Delivered	Cheyenne AAF, WY	21 July 1944	Delivered Cheyenne AAF.
Assigned	Eye, UK	11 August 1944	Assigned 849BS, 490BG Eye 11-Aug-44.
Manufactured	Seattle, WA		Built at Boeing.
Assigned	Mendlesham, UK		Assigned 34BG Mendlesham