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Tower of London (44-8471) Blanchet Crew, 323rd BS, 91st BG

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Units

323rd Bomb Squadron

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

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Tower of London" of the 91st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '[#]4707: "Tower of London" and Mayor. H.'

44-8471

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Tower of London, Frankie from Dixie
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron 368th Bomb Squadron

Locations

Aerial photograph of Bassingbourn airfield looking east, Whaddon is at the top, the bomb dump is to the left of the main runway, which runs vertically; the control tower and technical site with four C-Type hangars is on the right, 23 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/692. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bassingbourn

Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date: 23 Jul 2021 14:01:33

Contributoracbernstein1

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

Sources

Photo Source: www.fold3.com