UPL 41504
IMAGEThe Scorpion is the renamed Swamp Fire which is detectable by comparison of late career photographs. The mission symbols and battle damage repairs, plus the photo-documented removal of Swamp Fire's Bendix chin turret support the transformation.
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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Swamp Fire
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
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Contributorcody1947
Sources
Photos and data plate of Swamp Fire confirmed the two were one in same. From the collection of the Pilot who flew her home from Alconbury.