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B-17 Flying Fortress

Location unknown (possibly Hendricks Field).

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Delivered March Field 23-Feb-40; Amarillo 15-Jul-42; Hendricks Fd, with C.B. Hackett 10-Sep-42 force landed base ; Written off 4-Oct-42.Never used in combat, never served in the UK.

Revisions

Date	Contributor	Update
20 February 2019 03:15:12	Chris Brame	Changes to media associations
Sources
personal collection
Date	Contributor	Update
14 January 2019 16:14:36	Emily	Changes to serial number
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Removed block number from serial number
Date	Contributor	Update
24 January 2015 21:05:30	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.
Date	Contributor	Update
27 September 2014 18:40:01	AAM	AAM ingest
Sources
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log