FRE 1462
IMAGEB-26 Marauders of the 387th and 386th Bomb Group bomb an ETO target: Leeuwarden airfield that was occupied by the German Luftwaffe. The aircraft close to the camera is FW-F "Hangover Hut" (387th BG) and the one in the top right hand corner is FW-K (387th BG). (Photograph of a series of photographs - taken on the 24th of February 1944.)
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Hangover Hut
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group
Revisions
In my collection I have another (well-known) picture which was an official 1944 Press release. The airfield in these pictures is the subject of my research. These aircraft are flying from the SSW (south south west) to the NNE (north north east) over the airfield. You can spot the village of Marssum just above the US national insignia on the wing of the aircraft closest to the camera.
Aircraft registration combined to code "FW-F" aka "Hangover Hut" - source: photograph in this series and www B26 com listing and photographs of FW-F.
I studied this photograph and could not recognize the second aircraft in the picture as being AN-Y" (of the 386th BG). In fact this other aircraft is FW-K, also of the 387th BG. This is in accordance with the mission details provided by a relative of a crew member on FW-F and the info found on www dot B26 dot com backs this up as well. FW-K was aircraft 41-31679 at that time.