Squadron: unknown

Tail: unknown

Manufacturer: Boeing

Type: F-90

INDIVIDUAL AIRCRAFT RECORD CARD

Received at Glatton: March 1944 from Framlingham 95BG/336BS

Number of Missions:

B-17  story: Delivered to Cheyenne, US on April 21st 1943; transferred to Tinker Air Force base, US on April 27th 1943; transferred to Smoky Hill Army Air Field, US on May 5th 1943; transferred to Tinker Air Force base, US on May 12th 1943; transferred to Lincoln Army Air field, US on May 20th 1944; transferred to Bangor Army Air field, US on May 23rd 1943; Assigned to the 95BG/336BS in Framlingham, UK on June 15th 1943 ‘Angel Pumpkin’; transferred to the 457BG at Glatton, UK in March 1944; transferred to the 2nd BAD at Warton (Base Air Depot), UK on March 17th 1944; returned to the US Homestead on July 18th 1944; transferred to Tinker Army Air field, US on July 24th 1944; transferred to Patterson Army Air field, US on August 19th 1944; Engli on December 14th 1944; Recl. Comp on October 31st 1945

Information: This was the oldest B-17 to serve with the 8th Air Force and participated in the first 8th Air Force mission to the Rouen/Sotteville marshalling yards on August 17th, 1942. It was first named ‘Butcher Shop’ but was later changed to ‘Big Tin Bird’

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