43-38330 Gambler's Choice

media-52780.jpeg UPL 52780 AC # 43-38330 'Gambler's Choice' 614th BS, 401st BG. 26 March 1945

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Object Number - UPL 52780 - AC # 43-38330 'Gambler's Choice' 614th BS, 401st BG. 26 March 1945

Delivered Cheyenne 21/7/44; Kearney 31/7/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-Z] Deenethorpe 21/8/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 7/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 15/11/45. GAMBLER'S CHOICE.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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