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Just A Snappin after the Bremen Mission October 8,1943

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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

The insignia of the 418th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group.

418th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-3393

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Did you say ten cents?, blakely’s provisional group, just-a-snappin
Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron

Locations

The control tower at Thorpe Abbotts, home of the 100th Bomb Group, 1952. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1952, 100 BG.'

Thorpe Abbotts

Site type: Airfield

Mission

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 388th Bomb Group fly over Nazi smoke screens. Printed caption on reverse: '73228 AC- The Nazis have released smoke screens in an effort to hide their railroad yards as Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" fly over the target at Bremen, Germany, prior to the release of the bombs. 8 October 1943.'

VIII Bomber Command 111

Date: 8 October 1943

Revisions

Date: 31 Jan 2022 18:08:54

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Sources

From the Blakely Collection