B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97976 / Louie the Creep aka A Bit o’ Lace

History of
B-17 42-97976 / Louie the Creep aka A Bit o’ Lace

Delivered Dallas 21/4/44; Hunter 30/5/44; Grenier 14/6/44; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden [IE-D] 19/6/44; landing accident with Malcolm Bounds 27/12/44; landing accident with Hal Kearney 29/1/45; (83m) Returned to the USA Bradley 5/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/11/45. A BIT O’ LACE.

Last updated: 3. April 2021

B-17 42-97976 / Louie the Creep aka A Bit o’ Lace Details

447th Bomb Group B-17 “A Bit O’ Lace” Crew Film

Art by Steven Ingraham