FRE 10975
IMAGEA B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-37716) nicknamed "5 Grand", formerly of the 96th Bomb Group at the aircraft boneyard in Kingman Arizona. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17G-BO "Five Grand" (5,000th B-17) with 'signatures' of Boeing workers still on a/c.'
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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: - 5 Grand - The Easter Egg
- Unit: 1st Strategic Air Depot 388th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection (uploaded May/2023)