FRE 3648

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A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 91st Bomb Group with a burning nose. Handwritten on reverse: 'ORP, 3/6/43, 6/7/43 Sal?'
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B-17F serial 42-3210 (coded OR-P) of the 323rd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group caught fire at Bassingbourn 1 June 1943 . Handwritten on reverse: 'ORP, 3/6/43, 6/7/43 Sal?'

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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

Aircraft

42-3210

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron

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Revisions

Date:
ContributorGerry Asher
ChangesChanges to caption, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources

RAGGED IRREGULARS OF BASSINGBOURN by Marion Havelaar & William N. Hess.

Date:
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection