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Re: eBay: Allied intrest
Post 3436. Some identified.......
1. B-17G 42-97121 "Calamity Jane" 92BG (JW-G) MIA 28/8/44 (Flak) came down in Sweden.
2. B-17F 41-24467 "The Grim Reaper"/ "Blasted Event", 306BG ex. 305th. MIA Germany 17/4/43.
3. B-17G 42-31118 "Lady Millicent II" 96BG (BX-U) Salvaged 13/1/44.
4. B-17G 42-38117 "Touch the Button Nell II" 381BG (MS-T) MIA France 4/7/44 (mechanical fault).
5. B-17G 43-38127 "Pair of Queens Gee & Bee" 381BG MS-Q survived 67 missions.
6. B-17G 43-38464 "Hare's Breadth" 385BG survived.
8. P-47D 42-25902 "Frosty" 48FG written off 15/8/44 at A4 Deux-Jumeaux, France.
10. B-17F 42-30604 "Badger Beauty V" 100BG (LN-F) ex. 306th. MIA 4/10/43 (Flak) France.
12. Probably P-38J not F-5; 8PRS / 6PRG Luzon-Okinawa 1945. Group emblem of black diving hawk on booms, usually on fins on F-5s and F-7s. Red-white-blue trim.
13. B-17G 43-38027 "Batchelor's Delight" 486BG (3R-R) survived; photo taken at Troston (1 Strategic Air Depot) formerly known as Honington until 2/44 and changed as 364FG was based there.
Nick
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