English: B-17s of the 385th Bombardment Group, flying out of RAF Great Ashfield, England, on a parachute drop over France, October 1944. Boeing B-17G-40-BO Fortress, serial 42-97079 "Dozy Doats", GX-B of the 548th Bombardment Squadron is visible in foreground. It failed to return from a mission to an ordnance depot at Spandau, Berlin, Germany on 6 October 1944 (5 KIA:4 POW). Shot down by enemy fighters, crashed at Brandenburg, Germany .MACR 9521
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2006-09-25 19:10 Bwmoll3 600×471× (90373 bytes) B-17 of the 385th Bomb Group RAF Great Ashfield England (World War II) Source: National Archives via the United States Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB Alabama
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