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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered 2BG Langley 6-Jun-37; with Bill Bentley force landed ? due to severe icing conditions 6-Jul-37; transferred 19BG March Fd Oct-40; with John Turner crash landed east of San Jacinto, Cal. on 46th flt during a violent thunderstorm 18-Dec-40. However despite bent wings and losing some rivets it basically proved to be intact during salvage operation. This aircraft never served in combat and was never posted to the UK.
Group
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...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Delivered | Langley Army Airfield, VA | 6 June 1937 |
| Crashed | 3.5 miles NNW of Idylewild, CA | 18 December 1940 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 14 January 2019 15:56:37 | Emily | Changes to serial number |
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Removed block number from serial number |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 11 January 2019 20:58:19 | 466thHistorian | Changes to media associations |
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http://www.siebert.aero/images/product_images/super_images/12433_ff_Boei... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 11 January 2019 20:56:07 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 11 January 2019 20:55:29 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events and unit associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 16 January 2015 21:37:13 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to serial number, 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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