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V ”Hard Luck“, crews of Lt. Loren C. Van Steenis and Lt. John S. Giles, Jr,
350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbotts, April 1944
Loren C. Van Steenis sitting on the nose of “Hard Luck.” Under the
pilot’s side window is written one of his nicknames, “Freckle Puss.”
The ‘D’ on the tail was originally dark blue on a white background.
It wasn’t until a thorough overhaul in the spring of 1944 that it was
repainted black.
“Hard Luck’s” proud ground crew.
INFO Eduard
Speciál B-17F / The Bloody Hundredth 1943
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