B-17F Flying Fortress Nose art Miss Ouachita

B-17F Flying Fortress Nose art Miss Ouachita

B-17F Flying Fortress of the 91st Bomb Group, 323rd Bomb Squadron. Nose art “Miss Ouachita”. Shot down February 1944

Bomber was shot down on February 21st, 1944 by Luftwaffe ace Heinz Bär. MACR 2457
Douglas-Long Beach B-17F-20-DL Flying Fortress
serial number: 42-3040

Combat Wing Assignment: 1st CBW
Base: Bassingbourn, England
Group tail code: A (triangle symbol)
91st BG squadrons identification codes:
LG – 322nd Bomb Squadron
OR – 323rd Bomb Squadron
DF – 324th Bomb Squadron
LL – 401st Bomb Squadron


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B-17F Flying Fortress Nose art Miss Ouachita

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