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Old 2nd July 2005, 23:59
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Re: Nose Art Name of B17 124388 ?

I cannot locate any name or artwork information but a brief history.

"41-24388 Ass 92BG Bangor 31/7/42; 340BS/97BG Polebrook 8/42; damaged UK 7/9/42, rep; flew Gens Doolittle & Lemnitzer to Gibraltar 6/11/42; badly damaged again by enemy ground attack Biskra 10/1/43; sal 14/1/43."


Source: The B-17 Flying Fortress Story by Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne.




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