Information about this photograph:

  1. Aircraft No: 43-37889
  2. Tail Letter: B
  3. Fuselage ID: 3O-B
  4. Group/Squadron: 398th, 601st
  5. Official Name of Aircraft: Not Named
  6. Date of Photograph:1944/45
  7. Photo Location: Unknown
  8. Crew at time of Photograph: Unknown
  9. Final Disposition of A/C: The aircraft was hit by flak and crashed in Bechtersheim, Germany on 20 January 1945. This was 398th Mission 136 and was to Ludwigshafen & Manheim Germany. The crew was 2nd Lt. James R. Mitchell's crew. There were 2 KIAs and 7 POWs. MACR 11797
  10. Interpretive Comments: The photograph is a close-up of a 398th B-17 as element lead. The photograph appears to be taken from the #2 position and the #3 B-17 is to the photograph left. There is a distant formation element in the upper right.

Source Information:

  1. Photo Source: The Vic Jenkin's Photo Collection and now part of the 398ths Photo Preservation Project in England.
  2. Photo Reference: HALS CD I: ACC 3910 1 of 5/Aircraft/Aircraft8
  3. Photographer: Unknown
  4. Information compiled by the 398th Web team.
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