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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Langley 21-Oct-39; 9BG Rio Hato, Panama 3-Jun-41; 74BS/6BG Santa Lucia 24-Oct-41; Howard Fd, CZ, 22-Mar-42; Salinas, Ecuador 4-Jul-42; force landed base with Harrison Christy 10-Jul-42; Salvaged 7-Jan-44. This aircraft never served in comabt and was never posted to the UK.
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 14 January 2019 16:00:54 | Emily | Changes to serial number |
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Removed block number from serial number |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 24 January 2015 20:22:26 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to serial number |
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Lee Cunningham 24-Jan-2015, Appended Block Number to name. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 16 January 2015 22:33:48 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to production block number, manufacturer and description |
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Lee Cunningham 16-Jan-2015. Added block number 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 18:40:01 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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