8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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41-24434
B-17 Flying Fortress
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The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "The Mudhen". Image by Robert Astrella 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '15 Photo Sqdn/ MTO. Mount Farm.' Assigned to 15PRS, 3PRG, 15AF.
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A B-25 Mitchell (serial number 42-53357) nicknamed "Miss Nashville" of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group and a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24434). Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: 'B-25 253357, B-17 124434 The Mud Hen. Elliot Roosevelt A/C. Mount Farm 1943.'
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A B-25 Mitchell (serial number 42-53357) nicknamed "Miss Nashville" of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group and a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24434). Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: 'B-25 253357, B-17 124434 The Mud Hen. Elliot Roosevelt A/C. Mount Farm 1943.'
Delivered Middleton AD 9/7/42; Bolling 28/7/42; Westover 3/10/42; Assigned 15PRS/3PRG Membury, Wilt. 7/9/42; Steeple Morden, UK 27/12/42; transferred 12AF La Senia, Alg. 6/12/42; Algiers 25/12/42; Le Kroub, Alg. 5/6/43; La Marsa, Tun. 28/6/43; Returned to the USA Homestead 14/7/43; Tinker 6/8/43; Ret Bari 28/12/43; Ret US; Civil Reg N60475; to Bolivia CB-79, CP-579; crashed 29/12/58 and destroyed.
Service
Units
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3rd Photographic Reconnaissance Group
Group
The 3rd Photographic Group were stationed only briefly in Britain and flew no missions from either Membury or Steeple Morden. They were reassigned to the Twelfth Air Force and undertook photographic reconnaissance in support of operations in the...
Places
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Membury
Military site : airfield
Planned as an RAF operational training base, Membury was built during 1942, and then upgraded in 1943 after allocation to the USAAF as a reconnaissance or transport base, with maintenance and repair depot facilities. It had eventually three concrete... -
Mount Farm
Military site : airfield
Originally a grass airfield satellite for the RAF Photographic Reconnaissance Unit at nearby RAF Benson, Mount Farm was built in 1940-1941. It had three concrete runways, 49 dispersals (24 concrete pan type plus 25 PSP squares), and eight blister... -
Steeple Morden
Military site : airfield
Originally used from 1940 as a small, grass airfield, satellite for nearby RAF Bassingbourn, Steeple Morden was allocated to the Eighth Air Force in August 1942 as a potential bomber base. It was used briefly by the 3rd Photographic Group during the...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Manufactured | Seattle, WA, USA | 1942 |
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Built at Boeing. |
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| Delivered | Middleton Field (GZH), Evergreen, AL 36401, USA | 9 July 1942 |
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Delivered Middleton AD 9-Jul-42. |
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| Assigned | Membury, Axminster EX13 7AF, UK | 7 September 1942 |
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Assigned 15PRS, 3PRG 7-Sep-42. |
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| Assigned | SENIA, Tiaret, Algeria | 6 December 1942 |
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Transferred 12AF La Senia, Alg. 6-Dec-42. |
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| Returned Zone Interior | 360 Coral Sea Blvd, Homestead Afb, FL 33039, USA | 14 July 1943 |
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Returned to the USA Homestead 14-Jul-43. |
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| Crashed | Bolivia | 29 December 1958 |
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Crashed 29-Dec-58. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 29 September 2017 09:16:20 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, events, unit associations and place associations |
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Description text. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:02 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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