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Re: B-17F # 42-30184 "Muggs"
Yes, used by the 13th Flotilla; the concrete roof was nearly 12 ft. thick. The RAF "Tallboy" bombs (12.000lb) could go through 16ft. of concrete from 18,000ft. Bergen was also a U-boat base ( and shipyard).
Heroya was a very important target, it had magnesium, nitrate, alumina and aluminium plants and was badly damaged ( a coaster was also sunk).
The damaged B-17F was probably the flak-damaged one landed in Sweden as MUGGS had the oxygen system damaged; Fraserburgh was a Navy-Coastal Command and training base on the eastern tip of Aberdeenshire also handy for emergency landings. 42-30184 wasn't salvaged until Aug. 1944.
Nick
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