FRE 7329

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B-26 Marauders of the 391st Bomb Group alongside the runway at Roya (Amy) in France. Image via Alvaro Sousa. Written on slide casing: '"Crapeaumesnil" 9th Air Force, 391 Bmb Grp, 575 Bmb Sqdn, 1st Base in France.'
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B-26 Marauders of the 391st Bomb Group alongside the runway at Roya (Amy) in France. Image via Alvaro Sousa. Written on slide casing: '"Crapeaumesnil" 9th Air Force, 391 Bmb Grp, 575 Bmb Sqdn, 1st Base in France.'

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Units

An airman of the 391st Bomb Group wearing a service dress jacket and kilt. Written on slide casing: '391 BG.'

391st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

Two B-26 Marauders (O8-B, serial number 42-107620) nicknamed "Oh Baby" and (O8-O, serial number 42-96295) nicknamed "Cook's Tour" of the 391st Bomb Group fly together over France. Image via Alvaro Sousa. Written on slide casing: '"Wing Men" 391st-575 B. Sqdn, France 1944.' Written on duplicate slide: '2 Ship B-26 formation over France.'

42-96295

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Cook's Tour
  • Unit: 391st Bomb Group 575th Bomb Squadron

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Squadron code "O8" (followed by "O" ?) identifies aircraft assigned to 391BG 575BS.

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Code O8-O identifies the aircraft in the photo as 42-96295 "Cook's Tour" of the 575th Bombardment Squadron.
https://www.391bombgroup.org.uk/aircraft_list.php?sn=42-96295
https://www.markstyling.com/b26_research.12.htm

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Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection