42-30431 Kwitcherbitchin
Delivered Cheyenne 30/5/43; with Ira Johnson, force landed Cheyenne 3/6/43; Lowry 27/6/43; Gore 1/7/43; Denver 13/7/43; Lowry 15/7/43; Wright 10/9/43; Scott 8/10/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-F] Thurleigh 19/10/43; Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/44; Ypsilanti 22/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 29/10/45. KWITCHERBITCHIN.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Revisions
Added the Production block number and Manufacturer per info on the internet.
SOURCE: https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/production-block/b-17f-100-bo-42-30332-…
Gary Moncur
303rd BG Historian
verified from photos in the Edward Gallagher Collection
Gary Moncur
303rd BG Historian
verified from photos in the Edward Gallagher Collection
Gary Moncur
303rd BG Historian
verified from photos in the Edward Gallagher Collecttion
Gary Moncur
303rd BG Historian
verified from photos in the Edward Gallagher Collecttion