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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Langley 3-Nov-39; Sioux Falls 21-Jul-43. Written off 9-Aug-43. Never used in combat, never served in UK.
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Delivered | Langley Air Force Base, Hampton, VA, USA | 3 November 1939 |
| Delivered | Sioux Falls, SD, USA | 21 July 1943 |
| Written off | 9 August 1943 | |
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Written off |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 14 January 2019 16:05:58 | 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 20:30:38 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to serial number, production block number, manufacturer and description |
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Lee Cunningham 24-Jan-2015. Added Block Number, appended Block Number to name, Manufacturer, converted dates to military-style significations per "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 05 November 2014 12:21:16 | LucyMM | Changes to events |
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'Written off' didn't appear as an Event on previous save. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 05 November 2014 12:15:32 | LucyMM | Changes to events |
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Added Events based on information in the Biography field. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:01 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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