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Aircraft

Ramblin' Rebel

Aircraft Serial #: 43-38383

Names: Ramblin' Rebel

Squadron: 350th | Squadron Marking: LN | Tail Marking: A

Squadron 2: 350th | Squadron 2 Marking: LN | Tail Marking 2: F

Pilot: N/A N/A

Notes

43-38383
B-17 FLYING FORTRESS
Delivered Cheyenne 27/7/44; Hunter 5/8/44; Dow Fd 30/8/44; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 1/9/44; transferred 532BS/381BG Ridgewell 2/9/44; transferred 350BS/100BG [LN-A & F] Thorpe Abbotts 3/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 1/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains...

Crew Information

LT WILLOUGHBY CREW

History

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DateEvent
July 27, 1944Cheyenne
July 29, 1944Accepted into Inventory
August 5, 1944Kearney
August 30, 1944Dow
September 1, 1944Assigned to UK
July 1, 1945Returned Zone of Interior - Bradley
June 5, 1945South Plains
December 13, 1945Kingman, Arizona
December 13, 1945Kingman, Arizona

Comments

Transferred to Alconbury on May 20, 1945 for ferry back to USA

Additional Photos

338383 LN-F

Picking up POWs at Horching (Photo Courtesy of Jim Bittle)