44-6565 Chick N Little

Delivered Lincoln 8/9/44; Dow Fd 24/10/44; 1379 BU Dow Fd 26/10/44; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-Q] Polebrook 9/2/45; 510BS [TU-Q]; 28m Returned to the USA Bradley 23/5/45; Sth Plains 26/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 6/12/45.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

William E Rice

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-830947
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Aircraft

44-6565

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Chick N Little
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group

Revisions

Date
ContributorCShephardII
Changes
Sources

First hand accounts and photographs from Clarence R. Shephard, Tail Gunner. (1944)

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log