UPL 36579

IMAGE
Download Image

By downloading this image, you are agreeing to our Terms and Conditions

B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30080) nicknamed "High Life" after belly landing in Switzerland.

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Units

The wreckage of a B-24 Liberator (GO-K) of the 328th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group that has crash landed. A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group is in the background.

100th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30080

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Peg O'My Heart / High Life
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date: 5 Nov 2022 07:39:47
ContributorEmily
ChangesChanges to caption and unit associations
Sources

Added caption and associated group

Date: 8 Dec 2018 00:57:33
ContributorPaperDoll
ChangesCreated entry with aircraft associations
Sources

http://swissinternees.tripod.com/aircraft.html and https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-30080-high-life/