43-38865 Goin' My Way

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Goin' My Way" of the 490th Bomb Group. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Going My Way, at Eye.' media-395629.jpg FRE 6807 The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Goin' My Way" of the 490th Bomb Group. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Going My Way, at Eye.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 6807 - The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Goin' My Way" of the 490th Bomb Group. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer...

Delivered Hunter 30/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-O] Thorpe Abbotts 13/10/44; transferred 490BG Eye 2/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 10/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 20/12/45. GOIN’ MY WAY.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

30 September 1944

Assigned

13 October 1944 100BG 349BS

Assigned

2 May 1945

Other

Returned to the US

9 July 1945 Bradley AAF

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Updated the A/C nickname as listed in the A/C “Description” section.

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Roger Freeman Photo.
https://100thbg.com/index.php?option=com_bombgrp&view=aircraft&id=10292…

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Contributor466thHistorian
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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Roger Freeman Photo.
https://100thbg.com/index.php?option=com_bombgrp&view=aircraft&id=10292…

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

43-38865: Gallery (3 items)

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Goin' My Way" of the 490th Bomb Group. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Going My Way, at Eye.'

Object number: FRE 6793 - The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed...

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Goin' My Way" of the 490th Bomb Group. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Going My Way, at Eye.'

Object number: FRE 6800 - The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed...

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Goin' My Way" of the 490th Bomb Group. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Going My Way, at Eye.'

Object number: FRE 6807 - The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed...