41-24442
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FRE 4049
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24442) nicknamed "Little Eva" of the 97th Bomb Group takes off at Polebrook. Passed for publication 16 Oct 1942. Handwritten caption on reverse: '97, Little Eva. Polebrook.' On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO [Stamp].
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Assigned 326BS/92BG Bangor 31/7/42; 342BS/97BG Polebrook 8/42; Maison Blanche 13/11/42; Tafaraoui 22/11/42; bombed and damaged on base by Luftwaffe 23/12/42; Salvaged. LITTLE EVA.
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