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Delivered Langley 5-Oct-39; 36BS/28BG Ladd Fd; with Chas Bockman force landed MacDill 9-Sep-41; transferred Geiger Fd, Wright Fd, with T.K. McGehee, crashed Nucla,CO near Lovelock, NV en route (8 Killed in Service), 9-Feb-42. Salvaged 26-Feb-42. This aircraft never served in combat and was never posted to the UK.

Revisions

Date14 Jan 2019 16:00:01

ContributorEmily

ChangesChanges to serial number

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Removed block number from serial number

Date24 Jan 2015 20:20:31

ContributorLee8thbuff

ChangesChanges to serial number

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Lee Cunningham 24-Jan-2015, Appended Block Number to name.

Date16 Jan 2015 22:29:18

ContributorLee8thbuff

ChangesChanges to production block number, manufacturer and description

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Lee Cunningham 16-Jan-2015. Added block number and note to description based on " The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne; converted dates to military-style signification.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:01

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log