B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 44-6505 / Chin-Up Girl aka Bit. O. Heaven aka Any Gum Chum aka Hard Luck

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B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 44-6505 / Chin-Up Girl aka Bit. O. Heaven aka Any Gum Chum aka Hard Luck

Production-block:
B-17G-55-DL: 44-6501 to 44-6625

Manufacturer:
Douglas

Bomb Group:
100th Bomb Group

Bomb Squadron:
350th Bomb Squadron

RCL: LN-V

Fate:

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History of
B-17 44-6505 / Chin-Up Girl aka Bit. O. Heaven aka Any Gum Chum aka Hard Luck

Delivered Lincoln 25/8/44; Grenier 10/9/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-V] Thorpe Abbotts 13/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/6/45; Sth Plains 7/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/11/45. CHIN-UP GIRL aka BIT O’ HEAVEN aka HARD LUCK.

Source: The B-17 Flying Fortress Story (Affiliate-Link/CommissionsEarned)

Last updated: 5. October 2017

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Mark Maroney
03. February 2024 2:53

On the 100th Bomb Group website it looks like 44-6505 was known as “Spirit of Pitwood.” But that name is not listed here.

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B-17 44-6505 / Chin-Up Girl aka Bit. O. Heaven aka Any Gum Chum aka Hard Luck