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B-17 Flying Fortress
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.
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 14 January 2019 15:57:42 | Emily | Changes to serial number |
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Removed block number from serial number |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 16 January 2015 21:47:41 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to serial number, production block number, manufacturer and description |
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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. |
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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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