92nd Bomb Group B-17F Society Gal

[Steve Birdsall]

I am still trying to identify as many as possible of the original aircraft of the 92nd Bomb Group, and I need help (probably in more ways than one)! Here are two details clipped from the background of official photos of the 327th Bomb Squadron B-17Fs 41-24376 Hellzapoppin and Virgin Sturgeon. One photo was dated August 19, 1942, the other September 8, 1942, but both were almost certainly taken on the earlier date.





This B-17F is the 327th Bomb Squadron’s Society Gal and in one of the photos you can clearly see an “0” as part of the radio call number on the tail. That leaves only two possibilities: Society Gal is 41-24400 or 41-24406, but at this point I can’t be sure which. Can anybody help on this?

[jmkendall]

Steve,

Have you seen this link before?
http://www.uboatarchive.net/VIIIBC21OCTBattleDamage.htm

It list 41-24406 as a 97th BG ship and the following as 92nd:

41-9013, 41-9103, 41-9119, 41-9129, and 41-9174.

Joe

[jmkendall]

Now I see, I had to do the research first.

Have you seen this photo taken at Bangor in 1942? No tail number, but what the heck.'

It is from the ww2aircraft.net website and I have no idea about the copyright, so feel free to remove it!

[Steve Birdsall]

Yes, all those original 92nd Group B-17Fs ended up in the 97th Bomb Group, and most went to North Africa. As you can see at the U-boat site, 41-24400 landed at Exeter. She was salvaged.