| Aircraft: | 41-24578, Old Reliable |
| Production Block: | B-17F-25-BO |
| Squadron: | 547th |
| Squadron Code: | SO*U |
| Maintenance Crew Chief: | Not Known |
| Last Pilot: | Yelvington |
| Start Date: | 7 October 1943 |
| End Date: | 15 March 1944 |
| Reason: | Transferred |
| Comments: | Returned to USA 4/10/44 |
| Local Webpage: | Click Here For Local Page |
| Photo Album: | Photos of aircraft 41-24578 |
| Number | Date | Target | Crew | Results | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 20 October 1943 | Marshalling Yards Duren, Germany | Crew | Unknown | 41-24578 Old Reliable; ass 305BG Presque Is 10/19/42; GU 10/25/42; tran 384BG GU SO*U 10/7/43; perhaps also named Problem Child; KD 76-F |
| 34 | 3 November 1943 | Port Area Wilhelmshaven, Germany | Crew | Unknown | - None - |
| 35 | 5 November 1943 | Industry Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Crew | Unknown | - None - |
| 39 | 1 December 1943 | Non-Ferrous Metals Plant Solingen, Germany | Crew | Unknown | Flying Spare |
| 42 | 13 December 1943 | Port Area Bremen, Germany | Crew | Unknown | Plane aborted |
| 43 | 16 December 1943 | Port Area Bremen, Germany | Crew | Unknown | turned back at 1247 hrs; #4 engine leaking oil badly; #3 supercharger inoperative at 20,000 ft; #2 prop ran away (split oil line) and had to be feathered; bombed an island. |
| 46 | 24 December 1943 | V-1 site Croisette-Abbeville, France | Crew | Unknown | - None - |
| 47 | 30 December 1943 | I. G. Farben Industrie Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants Ludwigshaven, Germany | Crew | Unknown | aborted near Molesworth; #3 supercharger defective |
| 48 | 31 December 1943 | 'Orsone' (name of ship) Blockade Runner [Mouth of River Garonne], France | Crew | Unknown | Flying Spare |
| 49 | 4 January 1944 | Port Area Kiel, Germany | Crew | Unknown | - None - |
| 50 | 5 January 1944 | Port Area Kiel, Germany | Crew | Unknown | - None - |
| 51 | 7 January 1944 | Powerhouse Ludwigshaven, Germany | Crew | Unknown | - None - |
| 54 | 21 January 1944 | V-1 Site Preuseville & Promervial, France | Crew | Unknown | - None - |
| 55 | 29 January 1944 | Aircraft Parts Plants/Rail Yards Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany | Crew | Unknown | Low Grp |
| 56 | 30 January 1944 | Aircraft Factory Brunswick, Germany | Crew | Unknown | aborted at Burnham due to #3 engine oil pressure dropping to 30 lbs and becoming erratic; cylinder head tempurature on #1 engine ran high with flaps open |
| 57 | 3 February 1944 | Submarines (under construction) Shipyards Wilhelmshaven, Germany | Crew | Unknown | Ld Grp |
| 63 | 20 February 1944 | Aircraft Industry Leipzig, Germany | Crew | Unknown | Grp B |
| 64 | 21 February 1944 | Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Aircraft Werl, Germany | Crew | Unknown | Grp A |
| 65 | 22 February 1944 | Junkers Plant Aircraft Fuselage Plant Aschersleben, Germany | Crew | Unknown | Grp B; LA at Kimbolton due to fuel shortage |
| 66 | 24 February 1944 | Ball-Bearing Plant Schweinfurt, Germany | Crew | Unknown | Grp B; No. 2 supercharger ran away and engine began losing oil and smoking; could not be feathered; |
| 67 | 25 February 1944 | Assembly Plant Aircraft Factory Augsburg, Germany | Crew | Unknown | Grp B; 1 BAD Burtonwood 3/15/44; retUS Amarillo 5/21/44; WO 11/28/44 |