41-2402
Delivered Salt Lake Strategic Arms Depot (SAD)* 20-Nov-41; Assigned 50RS/11BG Hickam Field, HI 1-Jun-42; ditched on search/attack mission with Earl J. Cooper, down 40 miles South of Kauai Island, HI 27-Dec-41, crew KIA. Never served in UK.
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Sacramento Air Depot (SAD)
The Strategic Air Depots were local designations in the UK followed by a location or numeral.
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Lee Cunningham 1-Jun-2015. Appended Model to title (convention used ofr aircraft that neve served in the UK); added Block Number , manufacturer, Edited Description (wrote out acronyms) converted dates to military-style signification per "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story", Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne.