8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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41-24360
B-17 Flying Fortress
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B-17F 41-24360 'Hells Kitchen' 419BS, 301BG, 8AF.
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B-17F 41-24360 'Hells Kitchen' 419BS, 301BG, 8AF. Standing in front of the B-17 at Oudna, Tunisia are the officers of the 301st Bomb Group.
Assigned RAF [FA675] but transferred 419BS/301BG Westover 7/42; Podington 6/8/42; Tafaraoui 24/11/42; 101m; Returned to ZI flown home by Lt Col Skip Stoddard Oct 43
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 27/8/45. HELL'S KITCHEN.
ETO missions:
5-Sep-42 - Lille, 6-Sep-42 - St Omer, 7-Sep-42 - Rotterdam, 9-Oct-42 - Meaulte
7-Nov-42 - Brest, 8-Nov-42 - Lille
Service
Units
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301st Bomb Group
Group
Activated 3-February-1942 at Geiger Field, Washington and equipped with B-17s. On 27-May-1942 the ground unit moved to Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico, and the aircraft went to Muroc Army Air Field (now Edwards Air Force Base), California for... -
419th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Places
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Podington
Military site : airfield
Built originally to accommodate two RAF bomber squadrons, the first USAAF unit to occupy the base was the 15th Bomb Squadron in September 1942. Podington was then used as a satellite for nearby Chelveston. Work to lengthen the runways, although this...
Events
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| Manufactured | Burbank, CA, USA | 1942 |
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Built at Boeing - Intended for RAF [Serial #FA675]. |
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| Delivered | California, USA | 1942 |
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Delivered to USAAF. |
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| Assigned | Westover, AL, USA | July 1942 |
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Assigned to 419BS, 301BG, 8AF. |
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| Assigned | Podington, Wellingborough NN29, UK | 6 August 1942 |
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Relocated to Podington. |
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| Changed Theatre of Op's | Tafraoui, Algeria | 24 November 1942 – October 1943 |
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Relocated to Tafaraoui Algeria. 96 x missions in region. |
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| Flew final combat mission | Italy | 16 September 1943 |
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101st and final mission flown completing 760 hrs and taking flak hits to No 2 engine oil cooler and the nose plexi-glass. |
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| Returned to ZI | Eglin AFB, FL 32542, USA | October 1943 |
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Returned to Zone of Interior flown home by Lt Col Skip Stoddard Oct 43. |
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| Scrapped | Altus, OK, USA | 27 August 1945 |
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Sold for scrap metal in USA, Altus, USA. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 08 December 2016 12:02:10 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:02 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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