42-3521
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UPL 45401
B-17F-75-DL #42-3521
Originally a PFF ship with an Oboe Mk 1 radar assigned
to the 482nd BG - 813th BS - 8th AF
later transferred to the US Navy and used as an aeronautical laboratory
Originally a PFF ship with an Oboe Mk 1 radar assigned
to the 482nd BG - 813th BS - 8th AF
later transferred to the US Navy and used as an aeronautical laboratory
Delivered Denver 20/3/43; Lowry 17/8/43; Assigned 813BS/482BG [PC-L] Alconbury with Oboe Mk I radar 8/9/43; transferred 367BS/306BG [GY-A] Thurleigh 22/2/44; AFSC Stansted 12/5/44; Returned to the USA St Paul 12/6/44; transferred USN [34106] Rome, NY 23/3/45, later modified as B-17G and re-designated PB-1 (the first) as all B-17Gs, stripped of all armament and used as flying aeronautical laboratory 28/7/43; Returned to USAFF 2/4/48; eventually assigned US Navy, serial # 34106.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Denver, CO | 20 March 1943 | |
Assigned |
RAF Alconbury | 8 September 1943 | 482BG 813BS Oboe Mk. I radar |
Assigned |
Thurleigh Airfield, UK | 22 February 1944 | Transferred to 306BG 367BS |
Assigned |
Rome, NY | 23 March 1945 | US Navy #34106 |