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Boeing YB-17 Flying Fortress 36-149.
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.
Service
Units
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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...
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Events
Event |
Location |
Date |
First flight |
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2 December 1936 |
Delivered |
Langley AFB, Hampton, VA, USA |
1 March 1937 |
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 |
Delivered to 4000 Base Unit at Wright Field.
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Transferred |
March Air Reserve Base, CA, USA |
October 1940 |
Transferred to the 19th Bomb Group at March Field.
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Transferred |
Air Park, Amarillo, TX, USA |
11 February 1942 |
Transferred to Amarillo.
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