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42-39983

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Katie
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron

42-39984

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron

42-39985

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Duchess of FUBAR
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron

42-39986

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 352nd Bomb Squadron 301st Bomb Group

42-39987

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pin Ball
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
An airman of the 96th Bomb Group stands with a giant flak hole on the tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 4?-??988).

42-39988

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron

42-39989

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Patches
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

42-39990

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Junior
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron

42-39991

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Look Homeward Angel
  • Unit: 546th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

42-39992

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Youve Had It
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron

42-39993

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hells Angels Out Of Chute 13, Grossly Inadequate
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortresses, (LL-F, serial number 42-97467) of the 91st Bomb Group, (OJ-G, serial number 42-97212) of the 96th Bomb Group and (LD-D, serial number 42-39994) of the 100th Bomb Group in Sweden, 1944. Written on slide casing: 'Sweden, 297467 LL:F, 18/7/44, 297212 OJ:G, 11/4/44, 239994, LD:D 3/3/44.'

42-39994

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Snort Stuff
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron

42-39995

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cow town boogie
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron

42-39996

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Boston Bombshell
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
The wreck of a B-17 Flying Fortress (VP-R, serial number 42-39997) nicknamed "Big Mike" of the 533rd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group. Parts of the aircraft were salvaged and used for a B-17 nickanmed "French's Folly". Handwritten caption on reverse: '"Big Mike" (before). 381 B.G., 8th Air Force.' On reverse: Passed by US Army Examiner and David R. Osborne [Stamps].

42-39997

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Big Mike, Frenchy's Folly
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron

42-39998

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: First Love
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron

42-39999

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bataan Avenger
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 49th Bomb Squadron

42-40000

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Just Nothing / Quad Zero
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

42-40001

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Paris Express
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron