USAAF Station 126 - Rattlesden
42-31108, Devil's Mate
| 447th Bomb Group USAAF Station 126 - Rattlesden 42-31108, Devil's Mate |
| From the original B-17G-1-BO production run of the G model at the Seattle plant, No. 42-31108, "Devil's Mate," was delivered to the Army Air Force on September 20, 1943 and then sent to Harvard Army Air Base in Nebraska on October 4. It was assigned to the 709th Bomb Squadron, and part of the original transit of the group to Rattlesden on November 21, 1943.
Devil's Mate flew just seven missions, before being downed by fighters on January 29, 1944 enroute to Frankfurt. Lt. C. M. Allen and his crew were lost. |  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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