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Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com
Production-block:
B-17G-70-VE: 44-8501 to 44-8600
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 100th Bomb Group
- 482nd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 349th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: XR-G
History of
B-17 44-8532 / Kleen Sweep aka Little Sweetheart
Delivered Lincoln 9/10/44; Grenier 23/10/44; Assigned 482BG H2X Alconbury 25/10/44; transferred 349BS/100BG [XR-G] Thorpe Abbotts 27/10/44 (npo) KLEEN SWEEP; damaged when parked and hit in taxi accident at 40ADG Stansted by 43-39042; 482BG Alconbury 20/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 4/6/45; Sth Plains 8/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 26/11/44; LITTLE SWEETHEART.
Last updated: 26. December 2024
B-17 44-8532 / Kleen Sweep aka Little Sweetheart Details
Markings for 52 credited missions are below the cockpit windows.
08. March 2025 access_time 3:40
This is my father‘s plane. He was a tail gunner I’d like to obtain a copy of that photo in the Michael Ripley collection. It would mean a great deal to my family. My father is no longer with us so if anybody has a way of me obtaining a copy or if anybody has nose art of the Kleen sweep that was on the plane, I would greatly appreciate your time. Arlene ferguson daughter if Dan.
08. March 2025 access_time 23:14
How can I obtain a copy of the photo in Michael Ripley Collection of the B17 (44-8532) Kleen Sweep. This is my dad’s plane Daniel A. Radice tail gunner; Hal Switzer was their pilot. (349th 8th AF Thorpe Abbott) I greatly appreciate your help.