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B-17 Flying Fortress
First flew 29-Apr-39 from Boeing Fd, turbo superchargers fitted, and used for other static tests such as stress and superchargers, etc.; Assigned Headquarter SQd'n/19BG March Fd 3-Oct-40; with P.W. McIntyre force landed through mechanical failure 8-Mar-41 at Hatchita, NM; with Carl Goldenberg force landed Dow Fd, Me 19-Dec-41; to Geiger 7-Feb-42. Have pix flying over Seattle Fd, 24 Nov 1938. Ultimately it was re-designated a B-17A. This aircraft was destroyed in an accident in the continental USA.
(i.e, it never served in combat nor was it assigned to the UK.)
Event | Location | Date |
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Manufactured | Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington | 29 April 1939 |
Uncamouflaged airframe and propeller hubs have spinners in this image. |
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Assigned | March Army Airfield, Perris, California | 3 October 1940 |
19BG |
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Crashed | Bangor Army Airfield, Maine | 19 December 1941 |
At 10:30 a.m., on December 19, 1941, a Boeing B-17A (Y1B-17A) (Ser. No. 37-369) crashed and burned on take off from Bangor Air Base. All nine crewmen aboard escaped, however three were seriously injured. |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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29 May 2020 21:17:15 | phil marchese | Changes to description |
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Added dispostion to a/c biography. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
29 May 2020 21:11:07 | phil marchese | Changes to events |
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AAM key image |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
09 January 2020 19:15:17 | phil marchese | Changes to media associations |
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Image |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
10 March 2019 00:20:58 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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https://www.newenglandaviationhistory.com/tag/b-17a-37-369-accident/ |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
14 January 2019 15:58:02 | Emily | Changes to serial number |
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Removed block number from serial number |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
16 January 2015 21:50:51 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to serial number, production block number, manufacturer and description |
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Lee Cunningham 16-Jan-2015. Added Y block and note to description based on " The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne; converted dates to military-style signification. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:40:00 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |