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UPL 52582

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AC # 42-97636, 615BS, 401st BG. 20 February 1945

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Units

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

The insignia of the 615th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group.

615th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

42-97636

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 351st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Locations

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Revisions

Date: 27 Oct 2021 01:13:17

Contributoracbernstein1

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

Sources

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