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B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 381st Bomb Group fly through flak during a mission over Merseburg. Photographed from a B-17. Official caption on image: "5-381/80. (11-9-44)(A/C 8158 3/8 - 27500)(Merseburg)."
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B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 381st Bomb Group fly through flak during a mission over Merseburg. Photographed from a B-17. Official caption on image: "5-381/80. (11-9-44)(A/C 8158 3/8 - 27500)(Merseburg)."

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Units

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

Locations

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 381st Bomb Group fly through flak during a mission over Merseburg. Photographed from a B-17. Official caption on image: "5-381/80. (11-9-44)(A/C 8158 3/8 - 27500)(Merseburg)."

Merseburg

  • Site type: Other
  • Known as: Merseberg (common wrong spelling), Leuna

Mission

623

  • Date: 11 September 1944

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Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection