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| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-10-BO: 41-24440 to 41-24489 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 91st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 322nd Bomb Squadron, 324th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL: | DF-B, LG-A |
| Fate: | |
| Missions: | 16+ |
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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.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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B-17 41-24480 / The Bad Penny Details
B-17 41-24480 with twin-guns in waist.
CAPT Charles E. “Red” Cliburn & crew
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This page was last updated on 21 December 2019
09. October 2022 access_time 21:14
The waist gunner, Sgt Hubert Hayes can be seen in this great photograph, albeit posed.
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/204879283