42-31412 Mason and Dixon

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31412) nicknamed "Mason and Dixon" of the 100th Bomb Group. media-378748.jpg FRE 900 The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31412) nicknamed "Mason and Dixon" of the 100th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 900 - The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31412) nicknamed "Mason and Dixon" of the 100th Bomb Group.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/10/43; Grand Island 12/11/43; Long Beach 19/11/43; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-G] Thorpe Abbotts 27/11/43; transferred 34BG; severely damaged on shuttle missions and headed for Italy to land at Foggia with Wiley Smith and Don Ellison; repaired and flown back to base only to be eventually Salvaged WW /45; Returned to the USA (with over 100 missions) 121 BU Bradley 30/6/45; Greenboro 1/7/45; Tinker 2/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45. MASON AND DIXON.

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The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31412) nicknamed "Mason and Dixon" of the 100th Bomb Group.

Object number: FRE 900 - The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial...

Object number: UPL 25861 - B-17 - 42-31412 Mason and Dixon