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UPL 45400

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B-17F-70-DL #42-3500 482nd BG - 812th BS - 8th AF Pathfinder aircraft shot down by flak on 4 February 1944

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Units

Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan of the 482nd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Red Morgan, Cong, Med of Hon.'

482nd Bomb Group

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

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3483) of the 482nd Bomb Group takes off.

Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Probably B-17 with reworked turrett. 92 BG? or 94, 95, 96, 100, 390, 303, 305, 306, 351, 379, 381.'

812th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-3500

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 812th Bomb Squadron

Mission

8th Air Force 208

Date: 4 February 1944

Revisions

Date: 1 Oct 2020 18:24:07

Contributor466thHistorian

ChangesCreated entry with caption, unit associations, aircraft associations and mission associations

Sources

https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-3500/