41-24340 Boeing test aircraft. First plane in production block B-17F-1-BO
Delivered Mat Com Boeing 26/6/42, (First aircraft with large paddle props; lost on test flight with Merrill; crashed Purdey, Puget Sound, Wa. 13/3/43; all six crew bailed safely and RTD.Incorrectedly recorded via newspaper article of 1974.) Note: The plane that crashed on 13/3/43 was 42-29932 NOT 41-24340.
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