B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-102513 / Swing Shift Baby

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General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-50-BO: 42-102379 to 42-102543
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 452nd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 731st Bomb Squadron
RCL K+
Fate: , Crashlanding, Battle damaged
(25 September 1944)
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History of
B-17 42-102513 / Swing Shift Baby

Delivered Cheyenne 10/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned: 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 10/4/44; battle damage Ludwigshafen 25/9/44 Crew bailed out due to flak damage to three engines, landed on auto-pilot near Mondorf-led-Bains, and was photographed in a field by advancing GIs about a week later; Salvaged 22/12/44. SWING SHIFT BABY.

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