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Inside a B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38112) of the 490th Bomb Group after suffering fire damage at Eye airfield on the 15th of November 1944. Official caption on image: "ISAD - 15 Nov 44 - (3064) (W.P.U. Fire Damage, B-17G, 43-38112, Eye) R.Z."
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Inside a B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38112) of the 490th Bomb Group after suffering fire damage at Eye airfield on the 15th of November 1944. Official caption on image: "ISAD - 15 Nov 44 - (3064) (W.P.U. Fire Damage, B-17G, 43-38112, Eye) R.Z."

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Units

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

Locations

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

Revisions

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Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection