44-6405 Big Yank
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UPL 24405
B-17G-50-DL #44-6405 "Big Yank"
483rd BG - 840th BS - 15th AF
483rd BG - 840th BS - 15th AF
Delivered Kearney 27/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Sterparone 17/8/44; used for Air Sea Rescue at Pisa; Returned to the USA Sth Plains 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 28/12/45. BIG YANK.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Kearney, NE, USA | 27 July 1944 | |
Assigned |
71017 Sterparone FG, Italy | 17 August 1944 | 483BG 840BS |