File:B-17Gs 381st BG en route to target c1944.jpg
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English: U.S. Army Air Force Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress bombers of the 381st Training Group from RAF Ridgewell, en route to a target over Nazi-occupied Europe. The aircraft marked "VE" belong to the 532nd Bomb Squadron, the ones marked "MS" to the 535th BS.
In front is B-17G-20-BO 42-31443 ("Friday the 13th"). This aircraft was shot down by German fighters on mission to Oschersleben on 22 February 1944. The plane was shot down by fighters near Munster in Germany on 22 February 1944 and crashed near Bielefeld. , four of the crew became POWs, six were killed (MACR 2930). Nederlands: U.S.A.F Boeing B-17G Vliegende forten van het 381st Bomb Group, vertrokken van Ridgewell Airfield, Essex (UK), onderweg naar een doel in bezet Europa. De bommenwerper gemarkeerd met VE behoort tot het 532nd Bomb Squadron, degeen gemarkeerd net MS tot het 535th BS.
Op de voorgrond is de B-17G-20-BO 42-31443 (Vrijdag de dertiende). Deze bommenwerper werd door Duitse jagers op missie naar Ochserleben op 22 februari 1944 neergeschoten in Bielefeld in de buurt van Munster in Duitsland, vier bemanningsleden werden krijgsgevangen gemaakt, zes werden gedood (MACR 2930). |
| Date | circa 1943-1944 |
| Source | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force photo 050606-F-1234P-042; |
| Author | USAAF |
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- 2011-07-17 19:55 Cobatfor 1800×1397× (1175422 bytes) USAF museum photo
- 2006-09-01 15:17 Bwmoll3 600×463× (78264 bytes) B-17s of the 381st Bomb Group, Ridgewell Airfield England, enroute to targets over Nazi-occupied territory. Source: National Archives via the United States Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB Alabama
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