FRE 9657

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Ground crew move a shark mouth B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-96165) nicknamed "The Big Hairy Bird" of the 599th Bomb Squadron, 397th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '397BG, 599BS.'
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Ground crew move a shark mouth B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-96165) nicknamed "The Big Hairy Bird" of the 599th Bomb Squadron, 397th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '397BG, 599BS.'

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Units

A B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-96191) nicknamed "The Milk Run Special" of the 397th Bomb Group at Steeple Morden, 1945. Image by Alexander "Cal" Sloan. Written on slide casing: '296191, 397 BG.'

397th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

Ground personnel of the 387th Bomb Group work on the engines of a shark mouth B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-96165) nicknamed "The Big Hairy Bird". Image via Alvaro Sousa.

42-96165

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: The Big Hairy Bird
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 397th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron 599th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date: 2 Feb 2015 10:00:22
ContributorAAM
Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection