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B-17 Flying Fortress

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First flew at Seattle 27-Jun-39; delivered Wright Fd for armament testing 2-Aug-39; others before West Palm Beach, Fl. 28-Sep-42; Hendricks, Fl with Dan Culver crash landed eight miles ENE of base 22-Oct-42, after apparently losing control; Written off 2-Dec-43. this aircraft never served in combat and was never posted to the UK.

Nicknames
Not yet known
Production block number
B-17B
Manufacturer
Boeing
Markings and paint scheme/livery

Note the combination of ventral blister and flush waist gun postions, which adds support to the observations tgat some B series were retrograded as C series.

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
26 March 2019 17:35:12 phil marchese Changes to markings
Sources

AAM image
Date Contributor Update
14 January 2019 15:58:27 Emily Changes to serial number
Sources

Removed block number from serial number
Date Contributor Update
24 January 2015 20:14:26 Lee8thbuff Changes to serial number
Sources

Lee Cunningham 24-Jan-2015. Appended block to name.
Date Contributor Update
16 January 2015 21:54:08 Lee8thbuff Changes to production block number, manufacturer and description
Sources

Lee Cunningham 16-Jan-2015. Added Y block and note to description based on " The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne; converted dates to military-style signification.
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:40:00 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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