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A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 487th Bomb Group in flight. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'B-17G 02. 48134 R5.'
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A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 487th Bomb Group in flight. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'B-17G 02. 48134 RS.'
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The 487th Bomb Group began operations as preparations for D-Day were reaching their crescendo and played their part by bombing airfields in northern France. Like the 486th Bomb Group, the 487th switched to B-17 Flying Fortress for missions from 1...
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 22 December 2014 15:09:38 | LCHauenstein | Changes to caption |
| Sources | ||
Squadron 839 of the 487th was designated by "R5" not "RS". That is the reason for my change. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 September 2014 15:36:44 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection |
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