UPL 38233
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" 'Toots', Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress"."
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
![Private First Class Monroe Klein and his colleagues of the 303rd Bomb Group play a game of cards by the tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29606) nicknamed "Butch (Toots)". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 21 Apr 1943. [stamp] and ‘259803.’ [Censor no.] Printed Caption on reverse: ''Round the clock with a G.I. PFC Monroe Klein is a private in the United States Army Air Force. Known to all and sundry as a G.I. (General Issue](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-381028.jpg.webp?itok=Q9xv0Gih)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Toots : Butch
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
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