Caption | B-17G 'Big Yank' of the 483rd Bomber Group, circa 1945 ww2dbase | |||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | |||||
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2. Bill says:
18 Feb 2011 09:51:56 PM
Boeing B-17G-50-DL Number 44-6405 of the
848th Bomb Squadron, 483rd Bomb Group
15th Air Force, completed 50 missions, check
out that nose art: portrait of FDR President
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
After VE Day she was converted to "Homebound Airlines", that used ex-combat aircraft returning to the USA, to transport ex-GIs
home.
Later she was used for Air-Sea Rescue work
the last flight was on December 28, 1945 to
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas.
18 Feb 2011 09:51:56 PM
Boeing B-17G-50-DL Number 44-6405 of the
848th Bomb Squadron, 483rd Bomb Group
15th Air Force, completed 50 missions, check
out that nose art: portrait of FDR President
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
After VE Day she was converted to "Homebound Airlines", that used ex-combat aircraft returning to the USA, to transport ex-GIs
home.
Later she was used for Air-Sea Rescue work
the last flight was on December 28, 1945 to
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas.
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Big Yank, pictured landing after the Berlin mission on March 24, 1945, became the most famous bomber of
the 483rd when the William S. Strapko crew shot down three ME-262 jet fighters that day. This was a
World War II combat record. Crew Chief Irvin H. Irv Davis directs Strapko to a parking space.