43-38729

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38729) of the 490th Bomb Group at Eye. media-395649.jpg FRE 6827 A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38729) of the 490th Bomb Group at Eye. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 6827 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38729) of the 490th Bomb Group at Eye.

Delivered Lincoln 13/9/44; Grenier 26/9/44; Assigned 850BS/490BG [7Q-P]Eye 1/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 23/11/45. THE JUDGE.

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Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

43-38729: Gallery (2 items)

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38729) of the 490th Bomb Group at Eye.

Object number: FRE 2101 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38729) of...

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38729) of the 490th Bomb Group at Eye.

Object number: FRE 6827 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38729) of...