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41-24452

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

41-24453

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mizpah - The Bearded Lady aka The Bearded Beauty
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Three B-17 Flying Fortresses (LL-B serial number 41-24459), (LL-F serial number 25763) and (LL-C serial number 41-24484), all of the 401st Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, line up for take off. Handwritten caption on reverse: '22/3/43. 124459 LL-B, 25763 LL-F, 124484 LL-C. 91BG.' Passed for publication 24 Mar 1943. On reverse: Associated Press Ltd and U.S. Army Press Censor [Stamps]. Print No: 254769.

41-24459

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hellsapoppin
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

41-2446

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Swamp Ghost
Captain Mack McKay, a pilot of the 306th Bomb Group and his crew point to a "kill" marking painted on his B-17 Flying Fortress. Passed as censored 21 Dec 1942. Printed caption on reverse: 'Nazi Airfield Near Paris Blasted ... 300 Fighters Out. Nearly 300 RAF fighters provided an "umbrella" for a large force of U.S. Flying Fortresses and Liberator bombers which made the first atack yesterday (Sunday) in daylight on Romilly-Sur-Seine, site of a big Nazi airfield 20 miles south-east of Paris. ... 21/12/42. O

41-24460

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Audrey

41-24461

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

41-24463

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron

41-24464

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Excalibur
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

41-24465

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Montana Power
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron

41-24467

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Grim Reaper
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron

41-24469

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group