Information about this photograph:

  1. Aircraft No: 43-39038
  2. Tail Letter: Q
  3. Fuselage ID: N7-Q
  4. Group/Squadron: 398th, 603rd
  5. Official Name of Aircraft: Miazziz Dragon
  6. Date of Photograph: March or April 1945.
  7. Photo Location: Unknown 398th Mission in March or April 1945
  8. Crew at time of Photograph: Unknown
  9. Final Disposition of A/C: Originally assigned to the 398th Bomb Group 4 March 1945. To Valley for return to ZOI 2 June 1945. Scrapped at Kingman, AZ late 1945.
  10. Note: In February 2003, Dallas Green, former 398th group Historian, wrote: "Miazziz Dragon" had a big green dragon painted on the nose. This B-17 was parked in a revetment on the path to technical supply which I passed by several times a day. My plane was parked directly across the taxi strip. I remember it because of the big green dragon painted on its nose."

Source Information:

  1. Photo Source: Geoff Rice Photo Collection.
  2. Photo Reference: 43-39038 N7 Q No.1
  3. Photographer: Unknown
  4. Information compiled by the 398th BGMA Web Team.
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