Continental Airlines Modification Center, Denver

Airfield
Three B-17 bombers on runway with airplane hangers in background UPL 62371 UPL 62371 Continental Airline Modification Center, Stapleton Airport, Denver, October 1943

http://www.calmemories.com/ALL%20NOSTALGIA%20FILES/NOSTALGIA.html.  Photo courtesy of Charles Rogers

 

Object Number - UPL 62371 - Continental Airline Modification Center, Stapleton Airport, Denver, October 1943

During World War II, Continental's Denver maintenance base converted Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, Boeing B-29 Superfortresses and North American P-51 Mustangs for the United States Army Air Forces. Profits from military transportation and aircraft conversion enabled Continental to contemplate expansion and acquisition of new airliners after the war.

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Aircraft

42-3385

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron 813th Bomb Squadron

42-37758

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kentucky Kernel
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

42-37785

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Barney
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group Base Air Depot 1 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

42-37788

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hell's Messenger
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 364th Fighter Group 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortresses nicknamed "London Avenger", nicknamed "Bermondsley Battler", nicknamed "Rotherhithe's Revenge" and nicknamed "Bermondsley" of the 379th Bomb Group, 15 February 1944. Passed for publication 16 Feb 1944. Censor no: 305411. Handwritten caption on reverse: '16/2/44.' Printed caption on reverse: ' CHRISTENS U.S. FORTRESS BOMBER. Feb. 16th, 1944. As an appreciation of £800,000 raised during Bermondsey's Wings for Victory Week., the people of Bermondsey christened a U.S. Fortress bomber "

42-37792

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Eleanor Maureen : Bermondsey
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 34th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stapleton_International_Airport

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowry_Air_Force_Base

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