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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered March Field 6-Mar-41; MacDill 3-Mar-42; crashed out of limits of continental USA; Written off 6-Aug-42. Never used in combat, never served in the UK.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered March 10-Nov-39; Assigned ATC, W Palm Beach 24-Mar-42; with Lovell Stuber crash landed 100 miles South of Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico 9-Apr-42, Written off 24-Apr-42. Missing Air Crew Report 15642. 6 Killed. Not in combat, never served in...
Military | Brigadier General | Commanding Officer Photographic Wing | 25th Bomb Group
In WWII he commanded the aerial reconnaissance wing that played a key role in the Allies' 1944 D-Day landings in Normandy, France, as well as the invasions of North Africa and Sicily Commander of HQ 325th Photo Wing, [Reconnaissance]. Roosevelt...
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| 13 December 2020 01:18:14 | Jason Garver | Changes to nicknames, markings, aircraft associations and person associations |
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Rusty has this aircraft as being part of the mapping mission named Operation Rusty. |
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| 14 January 2019 16:14:12 | Emily | Changes to serial number |
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Removed block number from serial number |
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| 24 January 2015 21:03:58 | Lee8thbuff | Changes to serial number, production block number, manufacturer and description |
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Lee Cunningham 24-Jan-2015. Added Block Number, appended Block Number to name, Manufacturer, converted dates to military-style significations per "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story" Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:01 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log |
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