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

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General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17F-5-BO: 41-24390 to 41-24439
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 301st Bomb Group, 99th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 346th Bomb Squadron, 419th Bomb Squadron
Fate:
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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.

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This page was last updated on 06 January 2018

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