43-37618

Delivered Cheyenne 4/5/44; Kearney 17/6/44; Grenier 2/7/44; Assigned 848BS/490BG Eye 3/7/44; mid air coll with 42-38051 (490BG) on training mission 13/8/44 with John Ketas,Tail gunner: Ed Hosey (2RTD, both injured); Co-pilot: Dick Ransom, Navigator: Arthur Bright, Bombardier: Cliff Ratliff, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Crawford Weaver, Radio Operator: Chas Noblin, Waist gunner: Patsy Terling, Ball turret gunner: Paul Bowling (7 Killed in Action); crash landed Thelveton, Nfk. UK. Salvaged 14/8/44.

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Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log