43-37783 Lucky Sherry : Temptation

Delivered Cheyenne 20/5/44; Hunter 17/8/44; Grenier 7/9/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-F] Horham 8/9/44 LUCKY SHERRY; 335BS [OE-R]; battle damaged Frankfurt 5/1/45 with J.C. Walker; force landed A-70 Laon/Couvron A/fd, Fr; 109m, Returned to the USA Bradley 6/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 23/11/45. TEMPTATION.

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A B-17 Flying Fortress (EP-E, serial number 42-31767) nicknamed "Our Gal Sal" of the 100th Bomb Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: 'Our Gal Sal EP-E, 231767 at Mount Farm.'

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  • Date: 31 December 1944

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Contributoracbernstein1
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https://95thbgdb.com/aircraft/262

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added the nickname mentioned in the A/C “Description”.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log