41-9025 Little john, lady be good

A B-17E Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9025) used as a hack plane by the 390th Bomb Group in front of the control tower at Framlingham. Handwritten caption on reverse: '390BG. Original 97BG B-17E. Became a CCRC trainer then a 390BG hack. Photo 12/43.' media-414091.jpg FRE 8232 A B-17E Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9025) used as a hack plane by the 390th Bomb Group in front of the control tower at Framlingham. Handwritten caption on reverse: '390BG. Original 97BG B-17E. Became a CCRC trainer then a 390BG hack. Photo 12/43.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 8232 - A B-17E Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9025) used as a hack plane by the 390th Bomb Group in front of the control tower at Framlingham....

Assigned 341BS/97BG Sarasota, FL 3/42; Mac Dill AFB, FL; May, 1943, Polebrook UK ; 327BS/92BG Alconbury 29/6/42 LITTLE JOHN; 11CCRC Bovingdon /8/42; on courier trip to N/Africa 23/12/43; Written off & sal 2/6/45. LADY BE GOOD.

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Added the A/C nicknames listed in the A/C “Description”.

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A B-17E Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9025) used as a hack plane by the 390th Bomb Group in front of the control tower at Framlingham. Handwritten caption on reverse: '390BG. Original 97BG B-17E. Became a CCRC trainer then a 390BG hack. Photo 12/43.'

Object number: FRE 8232 - A B-17E Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9025)...