UPL 29842
IMAGEGround crew staff around an American Liberator aircraft (foreground) and B-17 Flying Fortress 23147 (42-3147) "Homesick Angel" on a landing ground in Italy. The "homesick Angel" crashed in France on 16 November 1943. All the crew were killed except for Staff Sergeant Kenneth O Eslick, USAAF, who was taken prisoner of war (POW) and interned in Stalag 17B. Photo courtesy of Australian War Memorial website.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Homesick Angel
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 341st Bomb Squadron