43-39017

A damaged B-17 Flying Fortress (BX-R, serial number 43-39017) of the 338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group that landed at Woensdretch, Holland. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Landed Woensdretch, Holland, 23/3/45.' media-408655.jpg FRE 4002 A damaged B-17 Flying Fortress (BX-R, serial number 43-39017) of the 338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group that landed at Woensdretch, Holland. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Landed Woensdretch, Holland, 23/3/45.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 4002 - A damaged B-17 Flying Fortress (BX-R, serial number 43-39017) of the 338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group that landed at Woensdretch, Holland....

Delivered Lincoln 9/11/44; Dow Fd 26/11/44; Assigned 338BS/96BG Snetterton 1/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/11/45.

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A damaged B-17 Flying Fortress (BX-R, serial number 43-39017) of the 338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group that landed at Woensdretch, Holland. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Landed Woensdretch, Holland, 23/3/45.'

Object number: FRE 4002 - A damaged B-17 Flying Fortress (BX-R, serial...

Dutch soldier with a B-17 Flying Fortress (BX-R, serial number 43-39017) of the 338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group that landed at Woensdretch, Holland after suffering battle damage. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Woensdretch Holland, 339017 BX-R.'

Object number: FRE 4003 - Dutch soldier with a B-17 Flying Fortress (BX-R...

The battle damaged nose of a B-17 Flying Fortess (BX-R, serial number 43-39017) of the 338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group that landed at Woensdretch, Holland. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Nose, 339017, BX-R, 23/3/45, Woensdretch, Bombardier killed.'

Object number: FRE 4004 - The battle damaged nose of a B-17 Flying Fortess...

The battle damaged nose of a B-17 Flying Fortess (BX-R, serial number 43-39017) of the 338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group that landed at Woensdretch, Holland. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Nose of BX-R, 339017, landed Woensdretch, 23/3/45, Bombardier killed.'

Object number: FRE 4005 - The battle damaged nose of a B-17 Flying Fortess...