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A B-17 Flying Fortress (IN-L, serial number 42-31090) nicknamed "Nasty Habit" of the 613th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group returns to base after a raid over Kiel, 13 December 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'IN-L, 42-31090 "Nasty Habit"Printed caption on reverse: '65531 AC - A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" landing on an 8th AF base after mission over Kiel, Germany, on 13 December 1943. England. U.S. Air Force Photo.'
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A B-17 Flying Fortress (IN-L, serial number 42-31090) nicknamed "Nasty Habit" of the 613th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group returns to base after a raid over Kiel, 13 December 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'IN-L, 42-31090 "Nasty Habit"Printed caption on reverse: '65531 AC - A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" landing on an 8th AF base after mission over Kiel, Germany, on 13 December 1943. England. U.S. Air Force Photo.'

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Units

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31090

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

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Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection