FRE 4006
IMAGEThe nose of a radar-equipped B-17G Flying Fortress of the 96th Bomb Group. AN/APQ-7 "Eagle" radar installation, almost certainly one of the handful of B-17s so equipped trialled in the ETO by the 482BG at Alconbury and transferred to other units after VE-Day.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Locations
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Revisions
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ContributorPaul Bellamy
Sources
1st Air Division monthly aircraft gains and losses reports (1st AD HQ Historical Society)
482BG records (ARG Archive, Alconbury)