38-211
B-17 Flying Fortress
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B-17B 38-211 Wright Army Airfield, Ohio
First flew at Seattle 27-Jun-39; delivered Wright Fd for armament testing 2-Aug-39; others before West Palm Beach, Fl. 28-Sep-42; Hendricks, Fl with Dan Culver crash landed eight miles ENE of base 22-Oct-42, after apparently losing control; Written off 2-Dec-43. this aircraft never served in combat and was never posted to the UK.
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 26 March 2019 17:35:12 | phil marchese | Changes to markings |
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AAM image |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 14 January 2019 15:58:27 | 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 20:14:26 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to serial number |
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Lee Cunningham 24-Jan-2015. Appended block to name. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 16 January 2015 21:54:08 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to 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 |
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