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44-8664

media-55808.jpeg UPL 55808

Roger Poore film

Object Number - UPL 55808

Delivered Cheyenne 20/11/44; Hunter 5/12/44; Dow Fd 2/1/45; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-D] Polebrook 14/2/45; {19m} transferred 305BG Chelveston 23/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 18/4/46.

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People

Paul E V Grondin

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 31117290 / O-718292
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Mickey Operator

Roland Xavier Madsen

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-708308
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

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Ground crews of 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses wait for their aircraft to return to Chelveston airbase after a raid on the 30 June 1943; a B-17 Flying Fortress is coming in to land. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresse

Chelveston

Site type: Airfield

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-107124) of the 351st Bomb Group flies over Polebrook.

Polebrook

Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:05

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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