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| Description | English: A U.S. Army Air Forces Boeing B-17F-27-BO Flying Fortress (s/n 41-24639, c/n 3324), nicknamed "The Careful Virgin" in flight over an airfield in England (UK). It was assigned to the 91st Bomb Group, 323rd Bomb Squadron, which arrived at RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire (UK), in November 1942. After completing 80 missions, this aircraft was transferred to AFSC for "Operation Aphrodite" (flying bomb). It was launched against German V-3 site at Mimoyecques, Pas-de-Calais (France) on 4 August 1944, but impacted short of target due to a controller error. Français : U.S. Army Air Forces Boeing B-17F-27-BO Flying Fortress (s/n 41-24639, c/n 3324). Appartient au 91st Bomb Group, 323rd Bomb Squadron. |
| Date | circa 1942-1943 |
| Source | AFHRA photo 080129-f-3927s-210 |
| Author | USAAF |
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| current | 12:03, 23 April 2005 | | 860 × 659 (81 KB) | Historicair | B-17 "Flying Fortress" {{PD}} |
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