40-2055

media-37664.png UPL 37664 B-17C #40-2055
Fortress Mk.I AN523 (incorrectly marked as AM523)
90 Squadron
Polebrook

Object Number - UPL 37664 - B-17C #40-2055 Fortress Mk.I AN523 (incorrectly marked as AM523) 90 Squadron Polebrook

Delivered RAF [AN523] as part of Lend-Lease; 90 Squadron [WP-D] Polebrook 21-Apr-41; damaged in RAFR Brest mission 16-Aug-41 with Sturmey, Franks, Mulligan, Goldsmith Wounded in Action (4 Returned to Duty); H. Needle, S. Abrose, M.Leahy (3 Killed in Action); attacked by enemy aircraft at 32,000 ft, the highest yet recorded, and crash landed Roborough, Plymouth, Devon, UK. and burnt out. Written off. (Those who died were killed in initial engagement).

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Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Polebrook Airfield, UK 21 April 1941

Crashed

Roborough, Plymouth, Devon, UK 16 August 1941

Revisions

Date
ContributorEmily
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Removed block number from serial number

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 18-Feb-2015. All changes based on "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" Roger A Freeman with David Osborne.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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