FRE 4098

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A damaged B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-37796) of the 100th Bomb Group that has crashed in Holland. Handwritten caption on reverse: '21.2.44. 100 Group. Off North Sea Canal. No crew killed.'

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Units

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37796) of the 100th Bomb Group that crash-landed in Holland.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fletcher’s Castoria III
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron

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Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection