UPL 25248
IMAGEThe Boeing B-17 "The Memphis Belle" is pictured on her way back to the United States after completing 25 missions from an airbase in England. 9 June 1943. The village below is Foxton, Cambridgeshire. Co-ordinates: 52°06'47.0"N 0°03'18.8"E NARA Ref 342-FH-3A06286-24147AC,
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Memphis Belle
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Locations
- Site type: Airfield
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Sources
Searched for Cambridgeshire shelter on Google Images. The shelter matches that in the original photo and many of the houses around that junction match shape, chimney numbers, door position and window numbers of the houses