[Alex Smart]

Hello Ed,
Thanks for the crew and a/c name detail re " Galloping",
B17 nose art/name directory has 43-38274 listed twice.
"Gallopin Gremlin" (The) On page 26 and as "Gremlin" on page 28.
There are several other "Gremlin" and "Gremlin's" listed.
Serial numbers listed are -
42-3145 - B17F -DL - Ditched in English Channel 6 Sept,43.
42-29850 - B17F -BO - RFC Walnut Ridge 29 December 45.
42-5904 - B17F-VE - Crash landed in UK19 September 43.
42-30595 - B17F - BO - Fuselage cut down and vehicle windscreen fitted/open cockpit. Salved 24 June 46.
44-6106 - B17G - DL - To RFC Kingman 18 November 45.
42-30204 - B17F -BO - Mia 29 November 43, MACR 1581.
42-97603 - B17G-VE - Switzerland 27 May 44 - MACR 5266.
42-29755 - B17G-VE RFC Walnut Ridge 27 December 45.
42-3120 - B17F-DL - BU Phillips Field FD,28 September 44
44-83863 - B17G-DL - Eglin AFB Museum 1975 .
42-102933 - B17G-BO - Crash landed 12 December 44(?) MACR 11340 "Queenie".
42-3400 - B17F-DL - Force landed on return Stuttgart 6 September 43, salvaged.
43-38602 - B17G-BO - RFC Kingman.
42-3043 - B17 - Ditched North Sea 17-8-43.
42-29973 - B17 - Crash landed in UK, 31-8-43.
41-24444 - B17 - Rtd USA, Salvaged 19-6-46.
43-37703 - B17G-BO - 384BG/544BS - MACR 11764 - 22-1-45.
42-37982 - B17G-DL - 384BG/544BS - MACR ? - 19-9-44.
42-31203 - B17G-BO 385BG/548BS - Mia Pas De Calais, 28 February 44 - MACR ?

Ref: The B17 Flying Fortress History by Roger A. Freeman.

All the best
Alex