Hers to Hold

The serial numbers of four different B-17F Flying Fortresses seen being manufactured in this film are prominently visible in scenes shot at the Lockheed Vega factory in Burbank CA. Two of them (serial nos. 42-5845 and 42-5846) went to the air base of the 381st Bomb Group at Ridgewell, England. Both planes, later named "Whaletail II" and "Tinker Toy," respectively, were lost on the same mission of 20 December 1943. A third Fortress (42-5850), sent to the 384th group at Grafton Underwood, was shot down only a month after its arrival, on 25 June 1943, during a mission to Hamburg Germany. The fourth aircraft featured in the movie (42-5859) served with the 379th Group at Kimbolton, later being transferred to the 303rd Group at Molesworth. It survived until 20 February 1944, when it crash-landed returning from a raid on Germany with severe battle damage, being subsequently written off and scrapped. Thus not one of the four planes survived the war.

When they show the home movies, a bug can be seen crawling around on the camera lens.