Aircrew and squadron support personnel (including the mascot dog) pose in front of Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 42-5392 "Stric Nine/City of Albuquerque" at Molesworth England.   Aircraft was assigned to the 427th Bombardment Squadron, 303rd Bombardment Group.
<p>Note the aircraft shows 20 combat missions completed with 11 enemy aircraft shot down on its fuselage.  
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This aircraft was lost Aug 19, 1943 attacking the  Gilze-Rijen and Flushing Airfields in Belgium.
United States Army Air Forces
1943
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