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Personal Records
Object Number - FRE 3952 - A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 337th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group that has crash landed.
Delivered Hunter 9/12/44; Grenier 29/12/44; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-R] Snetterton 4/1/45; crash landed on base 11/5/45 after food mission to Holland; salvaged on site. RAGGED BUT RIGHT
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Armorer/Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radioman / Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier / Chin Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Crashed |
Norwich NR16 2JU, UK | 11 May 1945 | Landing accident, aircraft did not appear to be under power during landing (props are not bent in a manner showing them turning). Both landing gear ripped from aircraft when it went off end of runway, through a hedge row, and over a road. Aircraft salvaged, considered damaged beyond repair. |
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Sources
Personal Records and photographs of this aircraft; Grandfather was bombardier Joseph F. Denver.
