FRE 8043

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B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 398th Bomb Group fly through flak.
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B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 457th Bomb Group fly through flak, B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-38113) nicknamed "Rene III" is in the foreground.

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Units

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

Dark-colored B-17 bomber airplane parked on tarmac. The numbers 1000 are painted in white behind the cockpit. Under the cockpit are the words "From the Employees of the B-17 Project, Douglas, Long Beach". There is a large industrial looking building in the background

42-38113

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rene III
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron 750th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date:
ContributorEmily
ChangesChanges to caption, unit associations and aircraft associations
Sources

Unit and aircraft identified by Eric Zemper, whose father Duane Zemper was photographic officer of the 457th Bomb Group, and retained a copy of the negative from this image in his collection.

Date:
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection