B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-38840 / The Little Rebel aka Lil Rebel

History of
B-17 43-38840 / The Little Rebel aka Lil Rebel

Delivered Lincoln 27/9/44; Gt Falls 29/9/44; Lincoln 1/10/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-H] Thorpe Abbotts 13/10/44; 350BS [LH-H] ; Missing in Action Magdeburg 10/4/45 with Delbert Reeve, Hazen Willett, Steve Poulos, Bob Trueblood, Albt Crabbs, Herman Williams, Art Ehrler, Wesley Woods (8 Killed in Action); George Woodham (evaded capture); jet enemy aircraft knocked off wing, crashed Zobbenitz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 14171. (Last aircraft lost by 100BG) LI’L REBEL.

Last updated: 29. September 2017

B-17 43-38840 / The Little Rebel aka Lil Rebel Details

Last B-17 loss of the 100th Bomb Group