36-151

media-31069.jpeg UPL 31069 Y1B-17 #36-151 Code: #80

B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
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Object Number - UPL 31069 - Y1B-17 #36-151 Code: #80

Delivered 49BS/2BG Langley 28-Mar-37; transferred 20BS; took part in goodwill trip to South America 1938; transferred 19BG March Field Oct-40; Amarillo 21-Nov-42; 64 flights; Written off 15-Jan-43 after surviving a spin. [aircraft No. 80]. Never saw combat.



NOTE: B-17 aircraft with model numbers beginning with "Y" were never used in combat operations and never transferred to the United Kingdom.

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Units served with

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Langley Air Force Base, Hampton, VA, USA 28 March 1937 Langley AAF 28-Mar-37

Other

Transferred

Amarillo, TX, USA 21 November 1942 Amarillo AAF 21-Nov-42

Other

Written Off (WO)

Amarillo, TX, USA 15 January 1943 Salvaged for scrap at Amarillo AAF 15-Jan-1943.

Other

Good Will Tour

South America

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
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Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Removed block number from serial number

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
page 71

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham: Added WO event map location. Same source as previous.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 16-DEc-2014. Added model number to serial number line, made map associations, converted dates to military-style significations, added NOTE. Source "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" Roger A Freeman with David Osborne.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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