UPL 27440

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B-17G #42-31909 , OR-R, "Nine-O-Nine" sitting in the 323rd Bomb Squadron dispersal area at Bassingbourn in early 1945. Photograph taken by Lt Thomas F. Flemming, 91st BG, 323rd BS. The photographer flew several missions in this aircraft as co-pilot.

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Units

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

People

Arvin Odell Basnight

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13075110 / O-759749
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Thomas F Flemming

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13152196 on enlisting
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Ground personnel of the 91st Bomb Group work on the engines of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Nine O Nine".

42-31909

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nine-O-Nine
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron Headquarters (91st Bomb Group)

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Scanned from black & white negative taken by Thomas. F. Flemming on Kodak Super-XX with a Leica I camera. This negative is next to a cockpit picture on the roll which is suspected of being the cockpit of this aircraft.