43-37811

media-37770.jpeg UPL 37770 B17 43-37811 "Baby Sweet" 100th Bomb Group, Crash Landed Leiston Airfield England

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Object Number - UPL 37770 - B17 43-37811 "Baby Sweet" 100th Bomb Group, Crash Landed Leiston Airfield England

Delivered Cheyenne 24/5/44; Hunter 3/6/44; Grenier 15/6/44; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 16/6/44; transferred 350BS/100BG [LN-D] Thorpe Abbotts 17/6/44; 418BS [LD-D]; battle damaged Brandenburg 10/4/45 with Lyman Fillingame, rest unknown but no serious injuries; crash landed Leiston A/fd, Salvaged 12/4/45.

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Aerial photograph of Leiston airfield looking south, the control tower and technical site are to the right, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/929. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Leiston

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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