18th November 2011, 00:59
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Re: B-17 Stopover at Benbecula August 1942
Glad to say we’ve positively confirmed that the 92nd Bomb Group B-17F, named Exterminator, was 41-24473. The Operations Record Book for Benbecula recorded the arrival of 41-24473 at 10:54 in the morning of August 21, 1942 and its departure at 15:51 the next day. The ORB for Tiree notes 41-24473’s arrival at 16:03 on August 22 and its departure for Prestwick two hours and twenty minutes later.
This B-17 was transferred to the 97th Bomb Group’s 414th Bomb Squadron, where it was named Kissy-Me-Kowboy by Lt Clarence L. Thacker, a native of Kissimee, Florida. Later the aircraft was stripped down and served as a utility aircraft in Italy. It was salvaged overseas in August 1945.
My special thanks to William Spencer and Alan Clark for their assistance in identifying this B-17.
Last edited by Steve Birdsall; 18th November 2011 at 06:41.
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