FRE 1564
IMAGEA German truck carries the engines of a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Pickle Dropper" of the 390th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Pickle Dropper 390 BG, 30.12.43.' This is thus 42-39759, force-landed 30 December 1943 near Wimy, France - MACR 1675.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pickle Dropper / Sarah Jane
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron