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[Ole B. Bennedsen with "Bonnie Lassie" Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress]
Photograph of pilot Ole B. Bennedsen with "Bonnie Lassie," a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft of the 487th Bomb Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, circa 1943-1945. The aircraft was named for Bennedsen's daughter.
[Report about bombing mission incident on March 9, 1945]
Report prepared by Robert K. Mason, pilot with the 850th Bomber Squadron, 490th Bomber Group, United States Army Air Forces, circa 1985. Describes an incident that took place during a bombing mission to Frankfurt, Germany on March 9, 1945. After the wing of Mason's Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress was severely damaged by flak, the crew made an emergency landing at an RAF base in Belgium. Mason notes…
[Pilot Harry Edward "Tex" Garner in cockpit of Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft]
Photographic slide of pilot Harry Edward "Tex" Garner, U.S. Army Air Forces, in the cockpit of the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft "Times A-Wastin'," November 2, 1944.Inscription on slide: "23."Typed caption on accompanying document: "23. Pilot Ed 'Tex' Garner."
[Copilot Kermit M. Burman in cockpit of Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft]
Photographic slide of copilot Kermit M. Burman, U.S. Army Air Forces, in the cockpit of the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft "Times A-Wastin'," November 2, 1944.Inscription on slide: "24."Typed caption on accompanying document: "24. Co-pilot Kermit Burman."