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B-17 Flying Fortress

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Delivered Salt Lake City 7-Sep-40; Lowry 24-Jul-43; to Class 26 Hobbs. NM as aircraft mechanics' trainer, caught fire and burned to the ground after leaking fuel was ignited by engine backfire; Written off 17-Oct-43.

It was one of the aircraft that played the part of B-17 'Mary-Ann' in the film 'Air Force', which was released in 1943 by Warner Bros.

Service

People

  • Clifford Hunt

    Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Airplane Mechanic-Gunner | 490th Bomb Group
    Clifford Hunt served as an airplane mechanic/gunner with the 848th Bomb Squadron of the 490th Bomb Group. He kept a journal for the first 14 missions, but when he realized his handwriting was getting smaller and tighter with each entry, he quit writing...

Nicknames
Not yet known
Production block number
B-17B
Manufacturer
Boeing
Markings and paint scheme/livery
Not yet known

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
23 July 2020 15:22:46 ram957 Changes to media associations
Sources

Internet
Date Contributor Update
21 February 2019 04:50:41 Chris Brame Changes to description
Sources

Hobbs AAF records
Date Contributor Update
05 September 2018 17:49:00 ram957 Changes to media associations
Sources

R.McHugh
Date Contributor Update
18 July 2016 13:43:24 Lucy May Changes to description
Sources

Information sent through to the museum by Dennis Katz. See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_(film)
Date Contributor Update
24 January 2015 20:53:23 Lee8thbuff Changes to serial number, production block number, manufacturer and description
Sources

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.
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:40:01 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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