42-31072 Betty J.

media-39044.jpeg UPL 39044 "A ground crew of the 401st Bomb Group poses beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Betty J' at an 8th Air Force Base in England, 20 January 1945."

Object Number - UPL 39044 - "A ground crew of the 401st Bomb Group poses beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Betty J' at an 8th Air Force Base in England, 20 January 1945."




Delivered Cheyenne 15/9/43; Scott 20/10/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-K] Deenethorpe 26/10/43; TDY Polebrook 16/6/44, ret 6/7/44; TDY Egypt 6/8/44, ret 29/8/44; force landed continent 3/3/45; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. BETTY J.



(This was the only original aircraft of the 401st BG to return to the USA after the war. The aircraft was named after Lt. Bryan Shotts' Wife "Betty Jean Shotts".)

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  • Date: 31 December 1944
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5725) nicknamed "This is IT!" of the 381st Bomb Group opens her bomb bay doors during a mission.
  • Date: 30 December 1944

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Restored format standadization.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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