Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Nose Art Page 4

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Nose Art Page 4

Tiger Girl

Boeing B-17F-75-DL s/n 42-3555 Tiger Girl of the 8th Air Force, 388th Bomb Group, 560th BS, England, 1944

Toots

Boeing B-17F s/n 42-29606 Toots

Two Beauts

Two Beauts Boeing B-17F-60-BO 42-29573 was delivered at Denver on 6/1/43. It was assigned to the 358 Bomber Squadron 303 Bomber Group coded VK-H and based at Molesworth from 6/3/43. While on a mission to bomb the shipyards at Rotterdam, Holland, it had a mid-air collision with B-17F 41-24559 Ooold Soljer, of the 303BG/360BS. Three crew managed to bail out while the other seven were killed in the crash at Mears Abby, UK

Uninvited

Boeing B-17G-15-DL 42-37871 Uninvited of the 711th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, based at Rattlesden Suffolk. Declared war weary Jan 1945, Returned to US and scrapped

Unknown Boeing B-17

Yankee Girl

Yankee Girl Boeing B-17G 44-8256 was delivered at Dallas on 24/7/44. Originally slated for the 418 Bomber Squadron 100 Bomber Group as LD-R it was instead switched to the 457 Bomber Group based at Glatton on the 12/9/44. It was later transferred to the 359 Bomber Squadron 303 Bomber Group coded BN-Y based at Molesworth on 2/10/44. It was again transferred on 9/12/44 to the 306 Bomber Group based at Thurleigh. Post-war it was returned to the USA and sold for scrap metal on 5/1/46.