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Robert L Pike

Military

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Units served with

Three B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 407th Bomb Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group drop their bomb loads as flak bursts around them.

407th Bomb Squadron

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

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.

92nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

Factory fresh B-17s

42-106992

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Baby Lu, Grin N Bear It
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-39772

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Lady Bedlam aka Grin 'N Bear It
Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron

Places

A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'

Podington

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Greenville SC	3 May 1922

Revisions

Date15 May 2015 15:26:24

ContributorGail

Changes

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daughter Gail Pike

Date27 Sep 2014 18:23:46

ContributorAAM

Changes

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia