447th Bomb Group USAAF Station 126 - Rattlesden  42-107215, L'il Eight Ball

42-107215, L'il Eight Ball, one of the 447th's "Century Ships,"B-17G-35-DL, was built by Douglas in Long Beach, delivered to the USAAF on March 21, 1944, and assigned to the 709th Squadron upon its arrival in England on April 25th.  The origin of the name remains unknown.
L'il Eight Ball with crew chief M/Sgt Michael Kaschak 57 missions -- around November 1944  100 Missions  More photos below
Combat Missions
No DATE TARGET PILOT 1 05/07/44 BERLIN Noyd 2 05/09/44 LAON/ATHIES A/D Noyd 3 05/20/44 LIEGE Noyd 4 05/24/44 BERLIN Noyd 5 05/25/44 BRUSSELS Noyd 6 05/27/44 KARLSRUHE Noyd 7 05/28/44 KONISBURG Noyd 8 05/30/44 ST. POL SIRACOURT Noyd 9 06/04/44 WISSANT Farson 10 06/05/44 LE TOUQUET Cook 11 06/06/44 D-DAY TARGETS NORTH FRANCE Cook 12 06/08/44 NANTES Zanoya 13 06/12/44 CONCHES A/F Cook 14 06/14/44 FLORENNES/JUZAINE A/F Cook 15 06/18/44 MISBURG Cook 16 06/20/44 FALLERSLABEN KONINGSBORN Cook 17 06/21/44 BERLIN J.W. Phillips 18 06/28/44 DENIAN-PROUVY Zanoya 19 06/29/44 BOHLEN Zanoya 20 07/06/44 BERCK A/F Kaye 21 07/08/44 ST. ANDRE DE L'EURE / NOGENT M/Y Lazzarini 22 07/11/44 MUNICH Gormley 23 07/13/44 MUNICH Kaye 24 07/14/44 AREA 10, CADILLAC Kaye 25 07/16/44 STUTTGART Kaye 26 07/18/44 CUXHAVEN Kaye 27 07/19/44 EBELSBACH Cook 28 07/21/44 REGENSBURG Whitney 29 08/02/44 ST. DENNIS Cook 30 08/04/44 ARRAS-OSTEND Cook 31 08/07/44 ANIZY LE CHATEAU Cook 32 08/08/44 BRETTEVILLE Kaye 33 08/13/44 SEINE R. AREA Hrabvosky 34 08/14/44 MANNHEIM Kaye 35 08/15/44 HANDORF A/F Schimandle 36 08/16/44 ROSITZ Bloecker 37 08/18/44 ST. DIZIER A/F Kaye 38 08/24/44 BRUX Kaye 39 08/25/44 RECHLIN Hrabvosky 40 08/26/44 BREST Kaye 41 08/28/44 BERLIN Skalitsky 42 08/31/44 BREMEN Craig 43 09/01/44 MAINZ Boisson 44 09/08/44 MAINZ Boisson 45 09/17/44 ARNHEIM Boisson 46 09/22/44 KASSEL Gage 47 09/25/44 LUDWIGSHAFEN Boisson 48 09/26/44 BREMEN Hrabvosky 49 10/02/44 KASSEL Boisson 50 10/05/44 MUNSTER A/F Boisson 51 10/09/44 GUSTAVSBURG Boisson 52 10/12/44 BREMEN D.G. Johnson 53 10/14/44 COLOGNE Quintin 54 10/26/44 HANOVER Hrabvosky 55 11/02/44 MERSEBURG Cohen 56 11/04/44 HAMBURG Hrabvosky 57 11/05/44 LUDWIGSHAFEN Myers 58 11/06/44 NEUMUNSTER McMath 59 11/09/44 SAARBRUCKEN Minker 60 11/25/44 MERSEBURG Bounds 61 11/26/44 HAMM Bounds 62 12/04/44 MAINZ Bounds 63 12/06/44 MERSEBURG Bounds 64 12/10/44 KOBLENZ Schwab 65 12/11/44 KOBLENZ GIESSEN Bounds 66 12/15/44 HANOVER Summers 67 12/24/44 BABENHAUSEN Bounds 68 12/28/44 KOBLENZ Bounds 69 12/30/44 MANNHEIM Cohen 70 12/31/44 COGNAC Stanley 71 01/01/45 DOLLBERGEN Minker 72 01/02/45 NALBACH- Bounds 73 01/10/45 KARLSRUHE Bounds 74 01/14/45 MADGEBURG Bounds 75 01/15/45 AUGSBURG F. Stanley 76 01/16/45 DESSAU Bounds 77 01/29/45 KASSEL Coleman 78 02/07/45 CHEMNITZ Bounds 79 02/09/45 WEIMAR Bounds 80 02/14/45 WESEL Bounds 81 02/16/45 WESEL & RHEINE Bounds 82 02/18/45 WESEL Hammond 83 02/20/45 NURNBERG Horton 84 02/22/45 AALEN Bounds 85 02/23/45 CRAILSHEIM Bounds 86 02/24/45 BREMEN Bounds 87 02/25/45 NEUBERG Bounds 88 02/26/45 BERLIN Bounds 89 02/27/45 LEIPZIG Bounds 90 03/03/45 BRUNSWICK Stanley 91 03/07/45 DATTELN Bounds 92 03/08/45 FRANKFURT Bounds 93 03/09/45 FRANKFURT Bounds 94 03/10/45 DORTMUND Lehner 95 03/11/45 HAMBURG Bounds 96 03/12/45 MARBURG Bounds 97 03/13/45 HANOVER Bounds 98 03/15/45 ORANIENBURG Bounds 99 03/18/45 BERLIN Coleman 100 03/19/45 ZWICKAU Dewey 101 03/20/45 HAMBURG Lehner 102 03/21/45 WITTMUNDHAFEN Lehner 103 03/22/45 HELBERT AREA Lehner 104 03/23/45 HOLZWICKEDE Lehner 105 03/24/45 VARRELBUSCH A/F Lehner 106 03/28/45 HANOVER Lehner 107 03/31/45 BRANDENBURG Dreyer 108 04/03/45 KIEL Lehner 109 04/04/45 KIEL Lehner 110 04/05/45 NURNBERG Lehner 111 04/09/45 NEWBURG A/F Lehner 112 04/10/45 BRANDENBURG Lehner 113 04/11/45 INGLOSTADT Lehner 114 04/14/45 ROYAN AREA Lehner 115 04/15/45 ROYAN AREA Lehner 116 04/16/45 ROYAN AREA Lehner 117 04/19/45 DRESDEN Bricker 118 04/20/45 NEURUPPIN Golden 119 04/21/45 INGLOSTADT Boroughs

Li'l Eight Ball completed its combat tour and returned to the US in July 1945.  
It was scrapped, possibly at Walnut Ridge, in 1946.