B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-24480 / The Bad Penny

History of
B-17 41-24480 / The Bad Penny

Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-B] Bangor 31/8/42; Bassingbourn 26/9/42; 322BS [LG-A] 5/43 16+m; taken off operations and transferred 403 AD 2/7/43; 8AF HQ Sqd 15/8/43 for VIP duties. Salvaged 19/10/44. Used as camera ship to film Major William Wilder’s Memphis Belle film. THE BAD PENNY.

Last updated: 21. December 2019

B-17 41-24480 / The Bad Penny Details

B-17 41-24480 with twin-guns in waist.

CAPT Charles E. “Red” Cliburn & crew