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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered March Field 20-Dec-39; Assigned 44RSq Albrook, Canal Zone 3-Jun-41; Atkinson (British Guiana) 20-Aug-41 then Guatemala; Returned to the USA, with R.E. Robinson, crashed near Comfort, Texas, 14-Feb-42; Salvaged 15-Feb-42. Never used in combat, never served in UK.
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 14 January 2019 16:08:26 | 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 20:40:26 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to serial number, production block number 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 |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:01 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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