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Quelle:
www.americanairmuseum.com
Produktionsblock:
B-17F-5-BO: 41-24390 bis 41-24439
Hersteller:
Boeing
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B-17 41-24438
Delivered MAD 9/7/42; with Franklin Gillespie, at Duncan Fd, TX 25/7/42; with E.L. Chrisman force landed Lowry, CO 39/7/42; Bangor 3/8/42; Colorado Springs 29/8/42; Assigned 15PRS/3PRG Membury, UK. 7/9/42; Steeple Morden, UK. 27/10/42; transferred 12AF Tafaraoui 18/11/42; Algiers 25/12/42; Le Kroub, Alg. 5/6/43; La Marsa 28/6/43; Grottaglie 4/10/43; Bari 28/12/43; Returned to the USA Robins 3/8/44; Recl Comp 28/11/45.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 7. Oktober 2017
11. Oktober 2022 access_time 1:58
According to Roger Freeman’s Bits & Pieces compilation this B-17 was named (at various times) “The Monitor”, “The Sheriff’s Posse” an “The Uncoth Bastard”. Page 65 of the following document:
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/downloads/Vol%20I%20Heavy%20Bombers%201995.pdf
And interestingly, a photo in the NARA archives while she was based at Membury England before being transferred to the 12th AF:
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/204842757
The American Air Power Museum also has a page for her which shows her in Algeria:
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/334