B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-24396 / Eight Ball aka Reluctant Gremlin

History of
B-17 41-24396 / Eight Ball aka Reluctant Gremlin

Assigned 419BS/301BG Westover 8/7/42; Chelveston 9/8/42 THE RELUCTANT GREMLIN; transferred Tafaraoui 26/11/42; Maison Blanche 5/12/42; Biskra 16/12/42; Ain M’Lila 17/1/43; St Donat 6/3/43; Oudna 6/8/43 {52m}; transferred 346BS/99BG Tortorella 14/11/43 {28m}; Returned to the USA Rome Fd 28/4/44 with Maj P. O’Carroll, original pilot who took it home for war bond tour; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcy Fd 31/7/45. EIGHT BALL.

Last updated: 6. January 2018