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B-17 Flying Fortress

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The initial flight of the aircraft took place on 2-Dec-36, but with Stan Umstead, five days later nosed over during landed but was not too badly damaged. Delivered 49BS/2BG Langley 1-Mar-37; 4000 Base Unit Wright Fd 1938; transferred 19BG March Fd, Oct-40; Amarillo 2-Nov-42; 71 flights; Written off 11-Dec-42.

NOTE: B-17 aircraft with model numbers beginning with "Y" were never used in combat roles or were ever sent to the United Kingdom.

Service

Units

  • 2nd Bomb Group

    2nd Bomb Group

    Group
    Served on antisubmarine duty for several months after the U.S. entered World War II. In October 1942 was re-designated as 2d Bombardment Group (Heavy) and earmarked for combat. The group was transferred on paper to Geiger Field, Washington, where it...

  • 49th Bomb Squadron

    49th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

People

  • Richard Barendt

    Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 381st Bomb Group

  • Thomas Bartley

    Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
    Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 41-29513. Returned to base. ...

  • William Bowman

    Military | First Lieutenant | B-17 Navigator | 457th Bomb Group

  • William Byers

    Military | Major | Navigator | 351st Bomb Group
    Flew 30 missions in 90 days, starting day after DDay. Most memorable mission: Over St. Lo, smokeline indicating where to drop bombs blew over American positions. Bomb group ahead of ours dropped bombs on American troops. We learned of mistake before...

  • Edward Craig

    Military | First Lieutenant | B-17 Bombadier | 351st Bomb Group

  • Robert Dames

    Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | B-17 Ball Turret Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
    Robert E. Dames, Killed in Action, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross posthumously for extraordinary achievement while serving as Ball Turret Gunner of a B-17 airplane on a number of combat bombardment missions over Germany and German-occupied...

  • George Decker

    Military | First Lieutenant | B-17 Bombardier | 351st Bomb Group

  • Sidney George

    Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 303rd Bomb Group

  • Roy Hoegh

    Military | First Lieutenant | B-17 Navigator | 457th Bomb Group

  • Varsted Jizmejian

    Military | First Lieutenant | PILOT - B17 | 351st Bomb Group

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Places

Events

Event Location Date
First flight 2 December 1936
Delivered Langley AFB, Hampton, VA, USA 1 March 1937

Delivered to the 49th Bomb Squadron of the 2nd Bomb Group.
Delivered Wright Field, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Riverside, OH 45431, USA 1938

Delivered to 4000 Base Unit at Wright Field.
Transferred March Air Reserve Base, CA, USA October 1940

Transferred to the 19th Bomb Group at March Field.
Transferred Air Park, Amarillo, TX, USA 11 February 1942

Transferred to Amarillo.
Nicknames
Not yet known
Production block number
Y1B-17
Manufacturer
Boeing
Markings and paint scheme/livery

NONE

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
10 March 2019 00:52:47 466thHistorian Changes to place associations
Sources

B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
Date Contributor Update
14 January 2019 15:53:29 Emily Changes to serial number
Sources

Removed block number from serial number
Date Contributor Update
16 December 2014 18:28:58 Lee8thbuff Changes to description
Sources

Lee Cunningham 16-Dec-2014
Date Contributor Update
16 December 2014 00:12:54 Lee8thbuff Changes to serial number and production block number
Sources

Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2015 Added model production number to title per "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne.
Date Contributor Update
16 December 2014 00:01:20 Lee8thbuff Changes to production block number, manufacturer, markings and description
Sources

Lee Cunningham 15-Dec-2014. Added production designation, converted dates in description to military-style signification.
Date Contributor Update
06 October 2014 11:03:38 Lucy May Changes to events
Sources

Added Events based on Dave Osborne's biographical description.
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:40:00 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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