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44-83690

Assigned USAF as a drone director DB-17P, before retiring to Grissom Fd, Ind., 1988, painted in various colours and names, now in 365BS/305BG Chelveston, Northamptonshire, UK. now at Grissom AFB, Peru, Indiana, as MISS LIBERTY BELLE (displayed 42-31255).

In 2015 the aircraft was moved to the Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB, Georgia and is currently undergoing a lengthy restoration.

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Ground crews of 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses wait for their aircraft to return to Chelveston airbase after a raid on the 30 June 1943; a B-17 Flying Fortress is coming in to land. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresse

Chelveston

Site type: Airfield

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Date28 Feb 2019 18:21:49

ContributorGySgt P USMC

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U.S. Airforce Museum Warner Robins Ga

Date27 Sep 2014 18:41:59

ContributorAAM

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log