40-2079
Serial: AN518 (Mistakenly marked as AM518 at the Boeing Factory)
90 Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
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Object Number - UPL 31070 - B-17C #40-2079 delivered to the RAF Serial: AN518 (Mistakenly marked as AM518 at the Boeing Factory) 90 Squadron
Delivered RAF [AN537] as part of Lend-Lease. This was the last B-17C produced; 90 Squadron [WP-L] Polebrook 13-May-41; transferred 220 Squadron [ZZ-L] then [NR-L] Alder-grove, N.I., RAF Coastal Command Development Unit Ballykelly, (Tain) 20-Jun-42, with ASV II installed 8-Oct-42; 214 Squadron (Cheaburgh) Sculthorpe, Oulton; and 1674 HCU (Longtown?) 24-Dec-43; Aldergrove, N.I. 15-Jan-44; Struck Off Charge 1-Sep-44. From 90 Squadron to 220 Squadron [MB-B], India, RETUS 1-Dec-44.
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Units served with
- Air Force: Royal Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Assigned |
Polebrook, Peterborough PE8 5LN, UK | 13 May 1941 | 90 Squadron |
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Assigned |
Aldergrove, Crumlin BT29, UK | 20 June 1942 | 220 Squadron |
Revisions
Added an association to the RAF per info in the "Summary biography".
Lee Cunningham 19-Feb-2015. All Additions and edits per "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne.
