Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-70-VE: 44-8501 to 44-8600 |
| Delievered: | Lincoln |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 100th Bomb Group, 482nd Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 349th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | XR-G |
| Fate: |
, Returned to the USA (04 June 1945) |
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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.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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B-17 44-8532 / Kleen Sweep aka Little Sweetheart Details
Markings for 52 credited missions are below the cockpit windows.
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This page was last updated on 26 December 2024
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.
31. July 2025 access_time 18:22
My dad was the ball turret gunner “Peter E. Yarnot “on the same crew with Hal.
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.