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Old 8th September 2021, 02:01
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Re: B-17E Suzy Q photo issue

Several questions that are asked in previous posts on this thread are answered in the following links.

Why the name Suzy-Q for the plane….. (see obit of priscilla).


Find A Grave links for Felix and Priscilla.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...moses-hardison

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...ardison-taylor

Attached is an obit for Felix (appears he may have died of cancer).

Life Magazine article on Suzy-Q starting on page 82. There are several good photos in the Life Magazine article from 1943. (Apparently Suzy-Q was the first B-17 to fly around the world, (but it took a little time….).

https://books.google.com/books?id=mE...epage&q&f=true

Some more info here:
https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/for...56-b17-suzy-q/
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