Jack Lee in Front of Miss X - December 1945

Information about this photograph:

  1. Aircraft No: 43-37977
  2. Tail Letter: R and P; Fuselage ID: N7-R and K8-P
  3. Group/Squadron: 398th, 603rd and 602nd
  4. Official Name of Aircraft: Miss X
  5. Date of Photograph: 17 December 1945
  6. Photo Location: Beverly Airport, Massachusetts
  7. Interpretive Comments: Jack Lee, 398th 603rd pilot in front of 43-37977 Miss X at Beverly Airport, Massachusetts on 17 December 1945 before the aircraft was transferred to Salem as a war memorial.
  8. Final Disposition of A/C: Assigned to 398th as replacement A/C 20 July 1944. Reassigned to AOC 12 January 1945 following 8 January 1945 mission. To 602nd as K8-P 5 March 1945 returned to States in July 1945 and then to Beverly Airport then Salem, Massachusetts.
  9. See also: The Amazing Story of Miss X by Wally Blackwell, Pilot, 601st Squadron
  10. See also the Miss X Nose Art in our Nose Art Photos Section.

Source Infomation:

  1. Photo Source: Jack Lee Photo Colleciton
  2. Photo Reference: JL02
  3. Photographer: Unknown
  4. Information compiled by the 398th Web team with special thanks to Jack Lee.
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