42-97108

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97108) used by the 8th Air Force Service Command. media-408767.jpg FRE 3394 A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97108) used by the 8th Air Force Service Command. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 3394 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97108) used by the 8th Air Force Service Command.

Delivered Tacoma 1/2/44; Dorval 14/2/44; Assigned RAF [HB-771] as Fortress III; before transferred back to USAAF 18/3/44, converted to a transport and liaison aircraft, complete with invasion stripes prior to D-Day; Returned to the USA 24/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

42-97108: Gallery (2 items)

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97108) used by the 8th Air Force Service Command.

Object number: FRE 3393 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97108)...

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97108) used by the 8th Air Force Service Command.

Object number: FRE 3394 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97108)...