44-6153

A B-17 Flying Fortress (AW-S, serial number 44-6153) of the 96th Bomb Group with an ambulance. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Signal Sq, AWS 46153.' media-387777.jpg FRE 5866 A B-17 Flying Fortress (AW-S, serial number 44-6153) of the 96th Bomb Group with an ambulance. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Signal Sq, AWS 46153.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5866 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (AW-S, serial number 44-6153) of the 96th Bomb Group with an ambulance. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing:...

Delivered Tulsa 15/5/44; Kearney 27/5/44; Grenier 7/6/44; Assigned 452BG Deopham Green 10/6/44; transferred 337BS/96BG [AW-S] Snetterton 11/6/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/6/45; Sth Plains 11/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 30/11/45.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Tulsa, Oklahoma 15 May 1944

Assigned

Snetterton Heath Airfield, UK 11 June 1944 96BG 337BS

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/b17_16.html

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

44-6153: Gallery (2 items)

A B-17 Flying Fortress (AW-S, serial number 44-6153) of the 96th Bomb Group with an ambulance. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Signal Sq, AWS 46153.'

Object number: FRE 5866 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (AW-S, serial number 44...

Object number: UPL 37643 - B-17G 44-6153 (AW-S) 96th BG, 337th BS.