40-2052
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UPL 43036
B-17C-BO (Fortress Mk. I) #40-2052 (RAF AN521)
90 Squadron RAF
RAF Serial incorrectly applied at factory as AM521
466th Bomb Group collection
90 Squadron RAF
RAF Serial incorrectly applied at factory as AM521
466th Bomb Group collection
B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
Delivered RAF [AN521] as part of Lend-Lease; 90 Squadron [WP-K] Polebrook 15-Apr-41 with Major Walsh, the first aircraft to the fly Atlantic to RAF, Watton; transferred 220 Squadron, ZZ-? Portreath 28-Oct-41; 107 MU Kasfareet; Fuka 5-Dec-41; engine fire and crash landed Shallufa, Egypt, 10-Jan-42 with F/O Sturmey, plus crew of five and two passengers; F/Sgt Hamish Mennie, Sgt Don Tuson fatally injured; Written off 3-Oct-43.
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Sources
Lee Cunningham 18-Feb-2015. All changes based on "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" Roger A Freeman with David Osborne.