Produktionsblock:
B-17F-5-BO: 41-24390 bis 41-24439
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 303rd Bomb Group
- 95th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 359th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: BN-V
Geschichte der
B-17 41-24416 / Black Diamond Express
Assigned 326BS/92BG Bangor 16/7/42; 95BG Horham /43; 359BS/303BG [BN-V] Molesworth, 17/6/43; Returned to the USA Sheppard 5/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 26/10/45. BLACK DIAMOND EXPRESS.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 26. August 2017
02. April 2021 access_time 2:17
To see a brief clip of Black Diamond in action on D-Day go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6wG58VMFaA and at 3:45 see the Black Diamond.
25. April 2021 access_time 20:11
Also featured here: https://youtu.be/4A0zhSP2-tc?t=3949