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42-29654

Delivered Cheyenne 28/1/43; Walker 23/2/43; Smoky Hill 28/3/43; Presque Is 5/4/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 18/4/43; transferred 508BS/351BG [YB-B] Polebrook 11/7/43; then 509BS [RQ-B]; {16m) 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 31/3/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 3/7/44; Homestead 8/7/44; Patterson 22/2/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/10/45. DOTTIE J.

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Places

Aerial photograph of Grafton Underwood airfield looking north east, Geddington village is on the left, 22 April 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC309. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Grafton Underwood

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Grafton Undermud

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-107124) of the 351st Bomb Group flies over Polebrook.

Polebrook

Site type: Airfield

Presque Isle Army Airfield

Site type: Airfield
Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is

Missions

The wing of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5888) nicknamed "Elusive Elcy" of the 94th Bomb Group flies off as a result of a direct hit, during a mission over Emden. Handwritten caption on reverse: '94 BG. 27/9/43.' Printed caption on reverse: 'A DRAMATIC INCIDENT DURING THE AIR WAR OVER EUROPE: A WING BREAKS OFF A FLYING FORTRESS DURING A DAYLIGHT BATTLE, AND THE STRICKEN BOMBER BEGINS TO TURN OVER AS IT STARTS ON THE WAY DOWN TO EARTH. This picture illustrates one of the hazards which the big A

VIII Bomber Command 104

Date: 27 September 1943

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear.

VIII Bomber Command 100

Date: 23 September 1943

VIII Bomber Command 79

Date: 29 July 1943

VIII Bomber Command 77

Date: 26 July 1943

The damaged wing of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29886) of the 379th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: '71689 AC - The wing of the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" (A/C No. 229886) was badly damaged during a mission over enemy territory on 17 July 1943. 379th Bomb Group, England. U.S. Air Force Photo.'

VIII Bomber Command 74

Date: 17 July 1943

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:23

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log