FRE 592

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Nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Stinky Weather", used for weather reconnaissance by the 25th Bomb Group. Closer inspection of photo suggests this is actually B-17G-20-BO 42-31474 and was assigned 8WEA Cheddington 2/12/43; possibly allocated to 25th BG before being transferred to 368BS/306BG [BO-V] Thurleigh 23/9/44; Salvaged 17/4/45. ELIZABETH.

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Aircraft

Nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 32-31179) nicknamed "Stinky Weather", used for weather reconnaissance by the 25th Bomb Group.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stinky Weather

Revisions

Date:
Contributoraroessler
ChangesChanges to caption, unit associations and aircraft associations
Sources

MACR 1980

Date:
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to caption
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Looked at the back of the print in the museum's archive and at the hi-res version in the collection.

Date:
ContributorAlistairM
ChangesChanges to caption, unit associations and aircraft associations
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Closer inspection of photo reveals Batch No. 20-BO and Serial No. 42-31474

Date:
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection