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From left to right, U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Nicholas Gabert, 351st Air Refueling Squadron pilot; Victoria Quamina, 48th Fighter Wing community relations advisor; Robert Paley, 100th Air Refueling Wing historian, and Staff Sgt. Nash Truitt, 100th ARW Public Affairs journeyman, pose for a photo after laying wreaths at a memorial honoring a crew from World War II B-17, Mission Mistress, 81 years to the day after it crashed, in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, Jan. 6, 2026. The B-17 suffered an engine failure during take-off as the crew was heading out on a mission to Kaiserslautern, Germany, which resulted in a crash and explosion which tragically claimed the lives of five of the nine-man crew, and seriously injuring the four survivors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)
| Date Taken: | 01.05.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 01.09.2026 08:56 |
| Photo ID: | 9472824 |
| VIRIN: | 260106-F-EJ686-1045 |
| Resolution: | 5264x6912 |
| Size: | 7.84 MB |
| Location: | BURY ST. EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK, GB |
| Web Views: | 5 |
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100th ARW honors WWII B-17 ‘Mission Mistress’ on 81st anniversary of crash
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