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	P-61A 42-5536 "Hustlin' Hussy" of the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron. The 'girlie' nose art has suffered at the hand of an overzealous censor. Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 05 Aug 2009
	P-61A 42-5564 "Jukin' Judy" of the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron. Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 05 Aug 2009
	Late-model B-24 assigned to the 464th Bomb Group at Pantanella, Italy. Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 05 Aug 2009
	B-17F 41-24370 "Berlin Sleeper" of the 342nd Bomb Sq, 97th BG, the first Flying Fortress to complete 100 operational missions. The unit flew the first B-17 daylight raids over Europe in August 1942, and was transferred to North Africa later that year as part of Operation Torch. Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 05 Aug 2009
	B-17F 42-5714 (coded OR-N), a "no name" Fortress of the 323rd Bomb Sq, 91st BG, was lost on the 14 October 1943 mission to Nancy with 2LT Robert M. Slane's crew. Most of them bailed out; tail gunner SGT Claud J. Smith was mortally wounded by enemy fighters and navigator 2LT Arthur G. Foster evaded capture. Slane belly-landed the ship, not knowing if Smith was still alive. Slane was captured; he and the remaining seven crewmen became POWs for the duration of the war. Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 33 Made 03 Jul 2009
	B-17G 42-31585 "Mount'n Ride" (coded OR-B) of the 323rd Bomb Sq, 91st BG. Arriving at Bassingbourn 1 February 1944, her combat career lasted barely six weeks. On the 16 March mission to Lechfield with LT Doyle Bradford's crew, flak knocked out both inboard engines. As she fell farther behind the formation, the crew opted to head for Switzerland, where the ship was impounded and the crew interned. At the end of hostilies, "Mount'n Ride" returned to England - only to be scrapped at Burtonwood. Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 35 Made 03 Jul 2009
	B-17G 42-39975 "Just Plain Lonesome" (coded DF-Z) of the 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG. She was lost 30 May 1944 over Dessau with LT Zack Collier, Jr's crew. All aboard perished. Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 20 Jun 2009
	B-17F 42-3072 (coded DF-B) of the 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG. A "no name" Fortress transferred from the 96th BG on 15 September 1943, the ship would go to the 379th BG by the 27th of that month - which greatly narrows the time frame for this photo at Bassingbourn. Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 3 Made 20 Jun 2009
	B-17F 42-3060 (coded LL-G) of the 401st Bomb Sq, 91st BG, makes a low pass at Bassingbourn. Her nickname - "Hell's Belle" - has yet to be applied to her nose. She was transferred from the 385th BG in mid-September and lasted about ten weeks; she was lost on the 1 December trip to Leverkusen with 2LT Charles A. Guinn's crew. All ten became POWs for the duration of the war. Obviously the "20 August 1944" date in the official caption is a mistake. Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 3 Made 20 Jun 2009
	The original "Marnita" of the 91st BG, an as yet unidentified Fortress (serial unknown), presumably of the 322nd Bomb Sq. B-17F 42-5724 "Thunderbird/Marnita No. 2" (coded LG-T) is well documented in William Wyler's documentary, "Memphis Belle," showing the mission tally for the original "Marnita" at 16 bomb symbols. Twelve can be seen here, so the ship wasn't "long for this world" when Weitzenfeld's portrait was taken. Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 20 Jun 2009
	B-17F 42-5077 "Delta Rebel No. 2" (coded OR-T) of the 323rd Bomb Sq, 91st BG. Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 20 Jun 2009
	B-17G 42-31070 "Dame Satan II" (coded LG-M) of the 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG, Bassingbourn. Arriving on station 14 December 1943, she was worn out by 2 May 1944, when she was transferred to Air Force Service Command. She made her way back to the States a month later, and died at the hands of the smelters in Kingman, AZ in December 1945. Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 20 Jun 2009
	B-17F 42-3057 "Piccadilly Commando/Blonde Bomber" (coded LG-N) of the 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG. Labelled "December 1943," the image was likely taken on the mission of the 31st to Cognac. Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 20 Jun 2009
	B-17G 42-31610 "The Liberty Belle." Published historical references are conflicted as to the assigned squadron/call letter for this ship. Seen here in 322nd Bomb Sq markings (LG-E), she appears for the first time in that squadron's daily reports on the 4 March 1944 mission to Koln, flown by 1LT Robert L. Gough's crew, as "610 (324th)." Beginning on 1 May, "610" appears numerous times in the 322nd's daily reports, without the "(324th)" suffix - an likely indicator that she had been transferred to the 322nd. Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 20 Jun 2009
	B-17G 42-102490 "Wicked Witch" (coded OR-V) of the 323rd Bomb Sq, 91st BG. Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 20 Jun 2009
	B-17G 42-107075 "Fancy Pants/Champagne Girl" (coded OR-Q) of the 323rd Bomb Sq, 91st BG. Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 20 Jun 2009
	B-17F 41-24490 "Jack the Ripper" (coded DF-C) of the 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG. Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 3 Made 20 Jun 2009
	B-17G 43-38901 "Star Dust" (coded LG-T) of the 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG, Bassingbourn. Arriving on the station 5 November 1944, squadron daily reports show 52 missions by the end of the war, including two "Rubberneck" & three "Revival" sorties after V-E Day. The puzzle here is that the aircraft's scoreboard shows 60 missions. "Star Dust" was named by LT Denver Marsh's crew, who flew twelve trips of their tour aboard her. Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 3 Made 20 Jun 2009
	30 January 1944: B-17G 42-39967 "Mary Kay" (coded DF-K) of the 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG on her way to Brunswick. She was lost on the 27 April raid to La Glacerie, a V-1 launch site, with LT Henry L. Theophilus' crew. Everyone but Theophilus and his copilot made it out of the ship. Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 3 Made 19 Jun 2009
	Flying Fortresses of the 381st BG join the 91st to form a composite group - something which happened on a fairly regular basis in the 1st Air Division. Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009

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