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B-17G-50-DL #44-6398 "Bucket Bunny" 463rd BG - 15th AF

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Units

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'

463rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Second World War formation badge for the United States 15th Air Force (United States Army Air Force). The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by the US Quartermaster General on 19 February 1944. Formation note: the 15th Air Force (US Army Air Force, Fifteenth Air Force) was formed on 1 November 1943 at Tunis in North Africa and moved to Italy on 1 December. The Force was disbanded on 15 September 1945 having participated in twelve campaigns.© IWM (INS 7304)

Fifteenth Air Force

  • Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Combat organisation

Aircraft

44-6398

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bucket Bunny
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 775th Bomb Squadron

Locations

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'

Celone

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi

Revisions

Date: 5 Nov 2022 07:39:47
Contributor466thHistorian
Sources

http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/b17_16.html

Date: 14 Nov 2016 02:16:58
Contributor466thHistorian
Sources

http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/b17_16.html