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Delivered 49BS/2BG Langley 8-Aug-37; transferred 19BG March Fd, Oct-40; re-ass MD, Wright Fd for test purposes 16-Sep-41; transferred Langley, force landed with Alf Hanlon 19-Apr-42; Amarillo 9-Oct-42; 63 flts; Written off 18-Dec-42. [aircraft No. 89]. This aircraft never saw combat and was never posted to the UK.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Langley Air Force Base
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added an Associations to “Langley Airfield" & 2nd BG as listed in the A/C description section.
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 16-Jan-2015. Added Y block and note to description based on " The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne; converted dates to military-style signification.