42-29825 Meat ball / major ball
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Object Number - UPL 42158 - B-17F-BO 42-29825 Image orientation corrected
Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/43; Stillwater 8/3/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-Z] Polebrook 25/4/43 MAJOR BALL; 9m Nantes 16/9/43 with Maj Jim Stewart, Co-pilot: Geiger, Navigator: Maze, Bombardier: Watts, rest ?; ran out of gas on approach crash landed Lutton, Northamptonshire; (10 Returned to Duty). Salvaged. MEAT BALL.
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- Date: 29 July 1943
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Added "Production block number" & "Manufacturer" per info in the B-17 database at the 511th BS wesite.
Source: https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/bs/511th-bomb-squadron/