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Anybody got pictures of this hybrid??American Lockheed/Vega B-17G-35-VE 42-97880 (324th BS, 91st BG, Little Miss Mischief ) hit by flak Oct 15, 1944 but was able to return to base. Aircraft was repaired with rear fuselage of 42-31405. Made emergency landing at Bassingbourne, UK Apr 4, 1945 and was scrapped. 15-10-1944 Sunday 04-04-1945 Wednesday
15-Oct-44 mission to Cologne, received flak hit amidships, wounding Sgt's Glenn Slaughter [waist] and Ed Adbo [ball turret] and damaging control cables. Engineer T/Sgt James Hobbs spliced control cables and A/C returned base at 100-110 mph, where gear was hand cranked down, before being greased onto the field by pilot 1Lt Paul R McDowell. 9 x RTD [2 x WIA]. Crew: Lt McDowell, Lt Herman Balaban [CP], Lt Ralph Barrett , Lt William Royle [N], Hobbs, Adbo, Slaughter, T/Sgt Ken Bush [RO] and Sgt Howell Thomas [TG]. Damage was such that rear of A/C was replaced by that of B-17 42-31405 'Wallaroo Mk II', 40 days of repair work resulted in a silver Vega built frontend, being followed by an olive drab Boeing rearend !!
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