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media-49632.jpeg UPL 49632 1943 "North Star" flight crew B-17 Flying Fortress (FC-A, serial number 42-107070) of the 571st Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group.

US Army Air Corps

Object Number - UPL 49632 - 1943 "North Star" flight crew B-17 Flying Fortress (FC-A, serial number 42-107070) of the 571st Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group.

Prisoner of War. Mid air collision and crashed at Hoorn in B-17 42-107070 on 7/7/44.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (FC-A, serial number 42-107070) of the 571st Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '390BG.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: North Star
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron

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Prisoner of war

Hollland 7 July 1944

Born

Rock Island, Illinois, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7368 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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