36-156
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UPL 31071
Y1B-17 #36-156
2nd BG - 20th BS
Langley AAF
2nd BG - 20th BS
Langley AAF
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Delivered 20BS/2BG Langley 17-Jun-37; transferred 19BG March Fd Oct-40; public relations trip to Grand Union High School, McClelland Fd 4-Jul-41; 66 flts; Written off 2-Apr-42. [aircraft No. 51] This aircraft never served in combat and was never posted to the UK.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Langley Air Force Base
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: March Air Reserve Base
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Hampton, VA 23665, USA | 17 June 1937 | 2 BG 20 BS Langley AAF |
Assigned |
March Air Reserve Base, CA, USA | 19 BG |
Revisions
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Changes
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.