44-6608 Strange Cargo

media-35290.jpeg UPL 35290 "B-17 "Flying Fortresses" of the 100th Bomb Group fly over water enroute to their target at Hamburg, Germany, on 30 March 1945."

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Object Number - UPL 35290 - "B-17 "Flying Fortresses" of the 100th Bomb Group fly over water enroute to their target at Hamburg, Germany, on 30 March 1945."

Delivered Lincoln 19/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-A] Thorpe Abbotts 11/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; Sth Plains 27/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 28/11/45.

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Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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Object number: UPL 35290 - "B-17 "Flying Fortresses" of the 100th Bomb Group...

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