UPL 44597
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FLACK WAGON, B-17G, #42-9721, is the aircraft in the upper right corner of this picture on the crews 6th Mission against Ludwigshafen, Germany.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6959117
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Chaff Wagon
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
Mission
- Date: 30 December 1943
Revisions
Date:
Contributorjefflhead
ChangesChanges to collection, person associations and mission associations
Sources
Part of personal effects of Staff Sergeant Albert Alvin Spacil sent home to his family after his death in September 1944. I, Jeff Head, used my cell phone to take a high res picture of it (and several others)
Date:
Contributorjefflhead
ChangesCreated entry with caption, unit associations and aircraft associations
Sources
Picture amongst Albert Alvin Spacil's personal effects ASN: 6959117