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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Salt Lake City 7-Sep-40; Assigned 9BS/7BG Selfridge Field, damaged in taxi accident 24-Feb-41; Scott 24-Jul-43 to Warner-Robins; with Ed Lundberg force landed Myrtle Beach, SC 7-Oct-43; with Ed Lundberg crash landed Dale Marbry Field, FL 4-Dec-43; Written off 6-Dec-43. Never used in combat, never served in the UK.
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 14 January 2019 16:10:54 | 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 20:52:09 | 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 |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:01 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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