44-8076

media-45708.jpeg UPL 45708 B-17G-45-VE #44-8076 (RAF - HM809) Code: WW-U (306BG USAAF)
306th BG - 369th BS

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Object Number - UPL 45708 - B-17G-45-VE #44-8076 (RAF - HM809) Code: WW-U (306BG USAAF) 306th BG - 369th BS

Delivered Denver 30/5/44; Dorval 26/6/44; slated RAF HB 809, transferred PFF 369BS/306BG [WW-U] Thurleigh 11/10/44; 305BG Chelveston 5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Denver, CO 30 May 1944

Assigned

Thurleigh Airfield, UK 11 October 1944 transferred back to the USAAF PFF Lead Ship 306BG 369BS

Delivered

Dorval, Montreal, Quebec Delivered to the RAF as HB809

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/b17_16.html
B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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