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B-17 Flying Fortresses, pathfinder (2C-H, serial number 44-8672) and (serial number 43-38022), of the 838th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group Lavenham, 20 February 1945. Official caption on image: "ISAD 2-20-45G182 - 1 - Fire Damage, B-17G, 44-8672, Lavenham - R.Z." Handwritten caption on reverse: '20-2-45, 345. 487th B. Group. Lavenham. R.A. Andrews. Keep.'
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B-17 Flying Fortresses, pathfinder (2C-H, serial number 44-8672) and (serial number 43-38022), of the 838th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group Lavenham, 20 February 1945. Official caption on image: "ISAD 2-20-45G182 - 1 - Fire Damage, B-17G, 44-8672, Lavenham - R.Z." Handwritten caption on reverse: '20-2-45, 345. 487th B. Group. Lavenham. R.A. Andrews. Keep.'

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Units

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

B-17 Flying Fortresses, pathfinder (2C-H, serial number 44-8672) and (serial number 43-38022), of the 838th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group Lavenham, 20 February 1945. Official caption on image: "ISAD 2-20-45G182 - 1 - Fire Damage, B-17G, 44-8672, Lavenham - R.Z." Handwritten caption on reverse: '20-2-45, 345. 487th B. Group. Lavenham. R.A. Andrews. Keep.'

43-38022

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 836th Bomb Squadron 487th Bomb Group
B-17 Flying Fortresses, pathfinder (2C-H, serial number 44-8672) and (serial number 43-38022), of the 838th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group Lavenham, 20 February 1945. Official caption on image: "ISAD 2-20-45G182 - 1 - Fire Damage, B-17G, 44-8672, Lavenham - R.Z." Handwritten caption on reverse: '20-2-45, 345. 487th B. Group. Lavenham. R.A. Andrews. Keep.'

44-8672

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Air Engineering Squadron 838th Bomb Squadron

Locations

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

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Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection