41-24578 Problem Child : Old Reliable
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FRE 10434
A 365th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (XK-R, serial number 41-24578) taxiis to take off from Chelveston airbase. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '124578, XK:R.' Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresses station where hige[sic] bombers take off for the raids or return from their missions to be serviced by the ground crews, ready for the next raid. Keystone Photo Shows:- Flying Fortresses taking off for a mission. U.S.Pool/SS/F. Keystone. 1-13.' Censor no: 272234. On reverse: Keystone Press, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Assigned 3675BS/305BG [XK-R/F] Presque Is 19/10/42; Grafton Underwood 25/10/42; transferred 547BS/384BG [SO-U] Grafton Underwood 7/10/43; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 15/3/44; Returned to the USA Amarillo 21/5/44 (?10/4/44?); Written off 28/11/44. Ref: PROBLEM CHILD). OLD RELIABLE.
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- Date: 5 November 1943
- Date: 3 November 1943
- Date: 20 October 1943
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Presque Isle, ME, USA | 19 October 1942 - 25 October 1943 | 305th Bomb Group, 367th Bomb Squadron |
Transferred |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Englaand, UK | 25 October 1942 - 7 October 1943 | Moved to England. 305th Bomb Group, 367th Bomb Squadron |
Assigned |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, England, UK | 7 October 1943 - 15 March 1944 | 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron |
Transferred |
Burtonwood, England, UK | 15 March 1944 - 21 May 1944 | Base Air Depot (BAD) 1 |
Transferred |
Amerillo, Texas, USA | 21 May 1944 - 28 November 1944 | Returned to USA |
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