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A B-17 Flying Fortress (OR-P, serial number 42-30157) nicknamed "Hell's Belles" of the 323rd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group that overshot the runway on landing at 28 July 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '#4224: "Hell's Bells" in ditch beyond runway.'
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A B-17 Flying Fortress (OR-P, serial number 42-30157) nicknamed "Hell's Belles" of the 323rd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group that overshot the runway on landing at 28 July 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '#4224: "Hell's Bells" in ditch beyond runway.'

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Units

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Ground crew of the 91st Bomb Group attempt to repair a B-17 Flying Fortress (OR-P, serial number 42-30157) nicknamed "Hell's Belles (Dirty Gertie)" that overshot the runway at Bassingbourn, and crash landed in a field, 28 July 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '# 4220 "Hells Bells" After hydrolics[sic] shot out.'

42-30157

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron

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Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection