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Source:
www.385thbga.com
Production-block:
B-17G-65-VE: 44-8401 to 44-8500
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 385th Bomb Group
- 447th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 548th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: GX-F
Fate:
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History of
B-17 44-8415
Delivered Patterson 6/9/44; Hunter 17/9/44; Grenier 21/9/44; Assigned: 548BS/385BG [GX-F] Gt Ashfield 28/9/44; Transferred: 447BG Rattlesden 30/9/44; Returned to US: Bradley 6/6/45; Sth Plains 11/6/45; Scrapped: Kingman 8/12/45.
Last updated: 19. January 2019
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27. April 2024 access_time 5:00
Something wrong here. A/C is clearly wearing the checker tail of 385th as it was allocated to 93rd Bomb Wing. That didn’t happen until Feb 45. Suspect the transfer date to 447th BG etc is incorrect
27. April 2024 access_time 5:09
See also Mission Record Harold Prange https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/44-8415 which lists him as pilot (in 385th) of this ship on 13 Jan 45.
27. April 2024 access_time 5:11
Aircraft listed as ‘Biyou Belle’ – not my spelling!