44-6616
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FRE 6759
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-6616) nicknamed "Short Arm" of the 486th Bomb Group. Image by Alexander "Cal" Sloan. Written on slide casing: 'Short Arm 4N:A, 46616, 5/45.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Lincoln 22/9/44; Grenier 6/10/44; Assigned 835BS/486BG [H8-A]; 833BS [4N-A]; `46` Returned to the USA Bradley 9/7/45; Sth Plains 11/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 13/12/45. SHORT ARM.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-722466
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Acton