FRE 6803
IMAGE![The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "$5 With Breakfast" of the 490th Bomb Group. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '$5 & Breakfast [sic] B17 Eye.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/wysiwyg_x2/public/freeman/media-395625.jpg.webp?itok=C8I3bPZt)
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The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "$5 With Breakfast" by Master Sergeant Jay D Cowan of the 490th Bomb Group. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '$5 & Breakfast [sic] B17 Eye.'
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18083741
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ground Crew
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group Headquarters (490th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-861003
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Photographic Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33654954
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Airplane Armorer-Gunner, Gunner
Aircraft
![The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "$5 With Breakfast" of the 490th Bomb Group. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '$5 & Breakfast [sic] B17 Eye.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-395672.jpg.webp?itok=T1M7HBlm)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: £5 with Breakfast
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
Locations
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Brome