FRE 3583

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The tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 91st Bomb Group that has crash landed.
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B-17G serial 42-39863 (coded LL-Y) of the 401st Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, crash landed near Steeple Morden 31 December 1943. Image by William D "Bill" Pulliam, 91st Bomb Group, Photographic Unit.

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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

People

William D "Bill" Pulliam a photographic officer of the 91st Bomb Group with "Cross Eyes" a cat mascot at Bassingbourn Image by William D "Bill" Pulliam, 91st Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '91 BG Bill Pulliam with Cross-Eyes.'

William Durwood Pulliam

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37368449
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Photographic Unit

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

Locations

Revisions

Date:
ContributorGerry Asher
ChangesChanges to caption, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources

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

Date:
ContributorGerry Asher
ChangesChanges to aircraft associations
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Please remove the reference to 42-31863; that was a typographical error on my part.

Date:
ContributorEmily
ChangesChanges to aircraft associations
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Removed wrongly associated aircraft (see below)

Date:
ContributorEmily
ChangesChanges to caption
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This image is featured in a contact sheet of black and white photographs attributed to Pulliam, in the Roger Freeman collection.

Date:
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection