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The wreck of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-39863) of the 91st Bomb Group.
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The wreck of B-17G serial number 42-39863 (coded LL-Y) of the 401st Bomb Squadron, 91st BG near Steeple Morden, 30 December 1943. the ship had been assigned to the unit barely eight days earlier.

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Units

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-39863) of the 91st Bomb Groupn that has crash landed.

42-39863

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

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Revisions

Date:
ContributorGerry Asher
ChangesChanges to caption and place associations
Sources

RAGGED IRREGULARS OF BASSINGBOURN by Marion Havelaar & William N. Hess.

Date:
ContributorGerry Asher
ChangesChanges to caption
Sources

RAGGED IRREGULARS OF BASSINGBOURN by Marion Havelaar & William N. Hess.

Date:
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection