41-9125 Prowler
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FRE 4055
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9125) of the 301st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '19125 (tail no).'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Assigned 359BS/303BG Molesworth 21/4/42; transferred 342BS/97BG Polebrook /8/43; with Alex Blair on first 8AF mission 17/8/42; courier flights to N Africa; 325BS/92BG Bovingdon 2/5/43 as tow target a/c.; on 4/5/43 involved in taxi accident with Jake Fullilove at Alconbury; PROWLER.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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- Date: 17 August 1942
- Official Description:
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Sources
Lee Cunningham 20-Oct-2014, "Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman