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B-17 Flying Fortress
Boeing YB-17 Flying Fortress 36-149.
Memories of a POW
The initial flight of the aircraft took place on 2-Dec-36, but with Stan Umstead, five days later nosed over during landed but was not too badly damaged. Delivered 49BS/2BG Langley 1-Mar-37; 4000 Base Unit Wright Fd 1938; transferred 19BG March Fd, Oct-40; Amarillo 2-Nov-42; 71 flights; Written off 11-Dec-42.
NOTE: B-17 aircraft with model numbers beginning with "Y" were never used in combat roles or were ever sent to the United Kingdom.
Group
Served on antisubmarine duty for several months after the U.S. entered World War II. In October 1942 was re-designated as 2d Bombardment Group (Heavy) and earmarked for combat. The group was transferred on paper to Geiger Field, Washington, where it...
Squadron
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 381st Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | B-17 Navigator | 457th Bomb Group
Military | Major | Navigator | 351st Bomb Group
Flew 30 missions in 90 days, starting day after DDay. Most memorable mission: Over St. Lo, smokeline indicating where to drop bombs blew over American positions. Bomb group ahead of ours dropped bombs on American troops. We learned of mistake before...
Military | First Lieutenant | B-17 Bombadier | 351st Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | B-17 Ball Turret Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Robert E. Dames, Killed in Action, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross posthumously for extraordinary achievement while serving as Ball Turret Gunner of a B-17 airplane on a number of combat bombardment missions over Germany and German-occupied...
Military | First Lieutenant | B-17 Bombardier | 351st Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 303rd Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | B-17 Navigator | 457th Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | PILOT - B17 | 351st Bomb Group
Military | First Lieutenant | B-17 Navigator | 457th Bomb Group
Military site : airfield
Military site : airfield
| Event | Location | Date |
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| First flight | 2 December 1936 | |
| Delivered | Langley AFB, Hampton, VA, USA | 1 March 1937 |
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Delivered to the 49th Bomb Squadron of the 2nd Bomb Group. |
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| Delivered | Wright Field, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Riverside, OH 45431, USA | 1938 |
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Delivered to 4000 Base Unit at Wright Field. |
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| Transferred | March Air Reserve Base, CA, USA | October 1940 |
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Transferred to the 19th Bomb Group at March Field. |
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| Transferred | Air Park, Amarillo, TX, USA | 11 February 1942 |
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Transferred to Amarillo. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 10 March 2019 00:52:47 | 466thHistorian | Changes to place associations |
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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 14 January 2019 15:53:29 | Emily | Changes to serial number |
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Removed block number from serial number |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 16 December 2014 18:28:58 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to description |
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Lee Cunningham 16-Dec-2014 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 16 December 2014 00:12:54 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to serial number and production block number |
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Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2015 Added model production number to title per "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 16 December 2014 00:01:20 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to production block number, manufacturer, markings and description |
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Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2014. Added production designation, converted dates in description to military-style signification. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 06 October 2014 11:03:38 | Lucy May | Changes to events |
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Added Events based on Dave Osborne's biographical description. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:00 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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