44-6905 Virginia

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-6905) nicknamed "Virginia" of the 452nd Bomb Group drops parcels over Holland durign a food mission, 7 May 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '7/5/45, 378.' media-414347.jpg FRE 8329 A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-6905) nicknamed "Virginia" of the 452nd Bomb Group drops parcels over Holland durign a food mission, 7 May 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '7/5/45, 378.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 8329 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-6905) nicknamed "Virginia" of the 452nd Bomb Group drops parcels over Holland durign a food mission, 7 May...

Delivered Hunter 15/12/44; Grenier 29/12/44; Assigned 452BG Deopham Green 4/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 29/6/45; Sth Plains 2/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 3/12/45. VIRGINIA.

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The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.

452nd Bomb Group

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

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A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-6905) nicknamed "Virginia" of the 452nd Bomb Group drops parcels over Holland durign a food mission, 7 May 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '7/5/45, 378.'

44-6905

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Virginia
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-6905) nicknamed "Virginia" of the 452nd Bomb Group drops parcels over Holland durign a food mission, 7 May 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '7/5/45, 378.'

Object number: FRE 8329 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-6905)...