Another odd thing about this is the fact that Joe Baugher and some others wrongly show the crew of 41-24445 as “10 KIA”. They were taken prisoner, that’s beyond doubt.

Considering that 41-24445 had crossed the Atlantic a scant three weeks before it was shot down, it could have carried either name in either group.

I just don’t know when or where the name Southern Belle was first pinned to this particular B-17.