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B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 384th Bomb Group drop bombs over Dijon. Printed caption on reverse: '50917 AC- Bombs from Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses dropping on Dijon. US Air Force Photo.' Handwritten on reverse: '28/3/44.'
- Coded BK-K is B-17G 42-97081 546BS, 384BG.
This contains information written on the back of the original print and some of it may be inaccurate.
B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 384th Bomb Group drop bombs over Dijon. Printed caption on reverse: '50917 AC- Bombs from Boein B-17 Flying Fortresses dropping on Dijon. US Air Force Photo.' Handwritten on reverse: '28/3/44.'
Group
The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Available: 25 January 1944 - Boeing Aircraft Co, Seattle, Washington
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 23 June 2018 16:49:13 | Al_Skiff | Changes to caption, unit associations and aircraft associations |
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Roger Freeman Photo |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 September 2014 15:27:09 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection |
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