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41-24360 Hells Kitchen

media-25223.jpeg UPL 25223 B-17F 41-24360 'Hells Kitchen' 419BS, 301BG, 8AF.

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Object Number - UPL 25223 - B-17F 41-24360 'Hells Kitchen' 419BS, 301BG, 8AF.

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

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Units served with

301st Bomb Group

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

419th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron

Places

Podington

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Assigned	Podington, Wellingborough NN29, UK	6 August 1942	Relocated to Podington. ETO missions: 5-9-42 - Lille, 6-9-42 - St Omer, 7-9-42 - Rotterdam, 9-10-42 - Meaulte, 7-11-42 - Brest, 8-11-42 - Lille
Other Changed Theatre of Op's	Tafraoui, Algeria	24 November 1942	Relocated to Tafaraoui Algeria. 96 x missions in region.
Other Flew final combat mission	Italy	16 September 1943	101st and final mission flown completing 760 hrs and taking flak hits to No 2 engine oil cooler and the nose plexi-glass.
Other Scrapped	Altus, OK, USA	27 August 1945	Sold for scrap metal in USA, Altus, USA.
Manufactured	Burbank, CA, USA		Built at Boeing - Intended for RAF [Serial #FA675].
Delivered	California, USA		Delivered to USAAF.
Assigned	Westover, AL, USA		Assigned to 419BS, 301BG, 8AF.
Other Returned to ZI	Eglin AFB, FL 32542, USA		Returned to Zone of Interior flown home by Lt Col Skip Stoddard Oct 43.