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Re: B-17 Serial number request, if anyone can help...
Hi Russ,
The other B-17, besides "Birmingham Blitzkrieg", was: B-17F-20-BO 41-24532. Assigned 422BS/305BG Presque Is. 19/10/42; Grafton Underwood 25/10/42; Transferred 414BS/97BG Polebrook 4/11/42; Maison Blanche 13/11/42; Tafaraoui 22/11/42; Biskra 25/12/42; MIA Bizerte 26/12/42 Pilot: Claude Lawrence. A/c. damaged by explosion of 41-24413, crash-landed in no-man's-land, two baled out, Foster rescued by British Army, Cockrell PoW. Rest landed with plane including, Lawrence, Locker, Vandergriff - 3 WiA, all eventually returning to duty.
Col.
Last edited by Col Bruggy; 19th September 2015 at 04:34.
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