42-97108
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FRE 3394
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97108) used by the 8th Air Force Service Command.
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Tacoma 1/2/44; Dorval 14/2/44; Assigned RAF [HB-771] as Fortress III; before transferred back to USAAF 18/3/44, converted to a transport and liaison aircraft, complete with invasion stripes prior to D-Day; Returned to the USA 24/1/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 19/12/45.