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Personnel of the 369th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group outside the combat room at Thurleigh. Written on slide casing: '369 BS/ 306 BG.'

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Personnel of the 369th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group outside the combat room at Thurleigh. Written on slide casing: '369 BS/ 306 BG.'

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Units

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 369th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group that has crash landed.

369th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Locations

A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'

Thurleigh

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Bedford

Revisions

Date: 8 Sep 2014 15:29:41

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Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection