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21 November 1944
media-19651.jpeg UPL 19651 Personnel of the 96th Bomb Group inspect the wreck of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-37764) that has crash landed 21 November 1944.

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Object Number - UPL 19651 - Personnel of the 96th Bomb Group inspect the wreck of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-37764) that has crash landed 21 November 1944.

Mission Details

Description: UNKNOWN NUMBER OF LEAFLETS DROPPED

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People

Elmo E Maiden

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 705741
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Personnel of the 96th Bomb Group inspect the wreck of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-37764) that has crash landed 21 November 1944. Written on slide casing: '21/11/44.'

43-37764

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Betty Lee Up N Cider Boyd's Bird
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (IW-A, serial number 44-6508) of the 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '48.' On reverse: Griff Murphey [Stamp].

44-6508

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Maiden U.S.A., Mission to Moscow
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

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Sources

Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'.

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Object number: UPL 19651 - Personnel of the 96th Bomb Group inspect the wreck...