42-40001 Paris Express
401st BG - 613th BS
Appears to have ended her days as a war weary group hack aircraft
Object Number - UPL 37614 - B-17G-10-VE #42-40001 "Paris Express" 401st BG - 613th BS Appears to have ended her days as a war weary group hack aircraft
Delivered Long Beach 29/10/43; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-L] Deenethorpe 5/1/44; transferred ATC 30/5/45; retUS 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 11/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/6/45. PARIS EXPRESS.
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- Date: 2 March 1944
- Date: 11 January 1944
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Assigned |
Deenethorpe Airfield, UK | 5 January 1944 | |
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Delivered |
Long Beach, California |
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FREEMAN, Roger, The B-17 Flying Fortress Story
AAM sort 42-400**