FRE 2008

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A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3483) of the 482nd Bomb Group takes off. B-17G-1-DL 42-3483 MI-A was the first in a batch of twelve B-17s modified in the USA with pre-production AN/APS-15 H2X "Mickey" PFF radar sets under the supervision of the 812th Bombardment Squadron's commanding officer, Captain Fred A Rabo. This batch had the scanner radome installed under a fairing behind the chin turret (seen partially censored out in the photograph) rather than in the ball turret position as on later H2X-equipped aircraft. After her combat service the radar equipment was removed and refitted in a deHavilland Mosquito, being smaller than the production version. In April 1944 she was transferred to the 401st Bombardment Group to serve as a VHF radio relay ship, a function she continued to serve following her transfer to VIII Fighter Command in July 1944.

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Units

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan of the 482nd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Red Morgan, Cong, Med of Hon.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3483) of the 482nd Bomb Group takes off. 

Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Probably B-17 with reworked turrett. 92 BG? or 94, 95, 96, 100, 390, 303, 305, 306, 351, 379, 381.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Chopstick A-Able
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 812th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date:
ContributorPaul Bellamy
ChangesChanges to caption, unit associations, person associations and place associations
Sources

482BG records (ARG Archive, Alconbury)

Date:
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection