44-8221

Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane.  Five men standing to the rear and four men sitting in front on top of flying gear.  UPL 66356 UPL 66356 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 15 April 1945/Pte. De Susac (Royan), France. Division Lead Aircraft.
Back Row: unidentified 1, Raymond Barber (TT), Capt. William Kinnaird (P), Robert Thacker (AC/CP).
Front Row: Capt. Aldo Rovero (N), Capt. Eugene Burcham (B), Elgin Hushbeck (MN), unidentified 2, Kenneth Hart (RO).
Not Identified: William Gilbert (DR), F/O Elmer Schumacher (OBS/TG)

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Object Number - UPL 66356 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 15 April 1945/Pte. De Susac (Royan), France. Division Lead Aircraft. Back Row: unidentified 1, Raymond Barber (TT),...

Delivered Dallas 14/7/44; Langley 8/8/44; Hunter 5/9/44; Dow Fd 18/9/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-X] Grafton Underwood 5/11/44; 545BS [JD-W]; transferred 305BG Chelveston 9/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 18/4/46.

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A B-17 Flying Fortress (EP-E, serial number 42-31767) nicknamed "Our Gal Sal" of the 100th Bomb Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: 'Our Gal Sal EP-E, 231767 at Mount Farm.'
  • Date: 31 December 1944
  • Date: 28 December 1944
The wreck of a B-24 Liberator of the 93rd Bomb Group that crashed on take off near Aldeburgh, 19 December 1944. Image via Glenn Tessmer, 93rd Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '19/12/44 Aldeburgh, Norfolk, crash on t/o.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Crash site. Taken about 1 hour after crash. Mission was then scrubbed. Just off end of south runway. Lead aircraft 93BG at Hardwick, Eng. Probably Dec 15-23, 1944. Note weather! The exact date of the crash can be verified in 2nd A.D/ news letters. I can
  • Date: 19 December 1944
  • Date: 11 December 1944

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Added the Production block number and Manufacturer per info on the internet. 

SOURCE:  https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/production-block/b-17g-55-ve-44-8201-44…

 

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Added associations to the 545BS & 305BG listed in the description section for A/C #44-8221.

 

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Added associations to the 547BS & 384BG listed in the A/C #44-8221 description section.

 

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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