Delivered 96BS/2BG Langley 1-Mar-37; transferred 19BG March Fd, but force landed due to engine failure 8-Oct- 40; with Lee Coates force landed base 2-Dec-40; Albuquerque 16-Jul-42; 66 flights; Written off 30-Dec-42. [aircraft No. 60] Never saw combat.
NOTE: B-17 aircraft with model numbers beginning with "Y" were never used in combat roles or were ever sent to the United Kingdom.
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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...
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People
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Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 34th Bomb Group
Flew 32 missions.
AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster
Events
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Delivered |
Langley Air Force Base, Hampton, VA, USA |
11 January 1937 |
Langley AAF, 11-Mar-37
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Transferred |
March Air Reserve Base, CA, USA |
8 October 1940 |
March AAF, date not determined. Made a forced landing there due to engine failure on 8-Oct-40.
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Transferred |
Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, NM, USA |
16 July 1942 |
Kirtland AAF, 16-Jul-42.
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Written Off (WO) |
Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, NM, USA |
30 December 1942 |
Salvaged for scrap at Albuquerque, NM 30-Dec-42.
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