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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered March 10-Nov-39; Assigned ATC, W Palm Beach 24-Mar-42; with Lovell Stuber crash landed 100 miles South of Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico 9-Apr-42, Written off 24-Apr-42. Missing Air Crew Report 15642. 6 Killed. Not in combat, never served in the UK.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered March Field 6-Mar-41; MacDill 3-Mar-42; crashed out of limits of continental USA; Written off 6-Aug-42. Never used in combat, never served in the UK.
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 14 January 2019 16:04:11 | 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 20:25:28 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to serial number |
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Lee Cunningham 24-Jan-2015, Appended Block Number to name. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 24 January 2015 20:07:24 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to production block number, manufacturer and description |
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Lee Cunningham 24-Jan-2015. Added Block Number, Manufacturer, converted dates to military-style significations per "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:01 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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