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Rocket damage to B-17G 231855
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Annotation added: see http://www.footnote.com/image/48720144
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Annotation added: "MARISHKA" B-17G 238066
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Spotlight added: radar station
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Annotation added: 230649 - B-17F 42-30649, UX-X, 92nd BG, 327th BS lost April 11, 1944
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Although labelled as Folkingham, this is actually AAF Station 137, Lavenham in Suffolk, England.
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Annotation added: Duchess Daughter, 42-97272 (303rd BG 359th BS) BN-T , on 06 July 1944 , mission #197 to Beaumetz-Les-Aire (France), piloted by 2Lt P.H. Brabant, made a normal landing. Copilot 2Lt I.J. Judy accidently put the landing gear switch in the up position. The gear collapsed near the end of the landing roll. (source 303rdbg website)
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Annotation added: 42-102453 "Princess Pat" (303rd BG 358th BS VK-J) on 25 July 1944 , 2Lt Oliver B. Larson (Pilot) was preparing to land, he came in too high and failed to go around for a better landing approach, the plane's wheels hit in the soft ground at the runways end and nosed over, no injuries but the badly damaged B-17 flew no more combat missions and was salvaged to the "Boneyard". (source : the excellent 303rdbg website)
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Annotation added: Gérardot, C/O 1st French Air Corps
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Black and White and Color Photographs of U.S. Air Force and Predecessor Agencies Activities, Facilities, and Personnel - World War II. Original data from: The National Archives
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