IWM catalogue record
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Ground personnel of the 390th Bomb Group attend to the B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30246) nicknamed "Spot Remover", which has belly landed. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Spot Remover.'
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Group
The 390th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Framlingham, Suffolk, between July 1943 and the end of the war in Europe. The Group was engaged in strategic missions until the invasion of Europe when its role became more of a tactical one. This...
Aircraft
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 3/5/43; Gore 22/5/43; Spokane 24/5/43; Geiger 26/5/43; Smoky Hill 2/7/43; Dow Fd 13/7/43; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-H] Framlingham 14/7/43; crash landed 21/9/43 with Keith E. Harris, repaired and back on duty; Missing in Action...