42-102626 Ol' Faithful

Delivered Cheyenne 19/3/44; Hunter 17/4/44; Grenier 26/4/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 3/5/44 THE WORRY BIRD; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 27/6/45. (battle damaged Bischofsheim, Ger 13/1/45 with ?; force landed continent; Salvaged 12/3/45. Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45. OL' FAITHFUL.)

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  • Date: 12 September 1944
  • Date: 9 September 1944
  • Date: 8 September 1944
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97904) nicknamed "Lady Janette" of the 452nd Bomb Group drops bombs over the target. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Stuttgart 5 Sept 44. 452 BG Mott A/C.'
  • Date: 5 September 1944
  • Date: 3 September 1944

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log