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Boeing B-17E: 41-2393 bis 41-2669
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Geschichte der
B-17 #41-2472
Delivered McChord 24/12/41; Assigned 7BG Java 15/1/42 with Francis Key; transferred 28BS/19BG Australia; transferred 30BS/43BG, then 63BS; over 200 missions; Written off 31/8/44. GUINEA PIG.
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von Frederick Key am 15. März 2019 7:44 Uhr
The pilot was actually Frederick Key my grandfather. The original nickname for the plane was Ole Miss II. The original Ole Miss, a Curtis Robin, is in the National Air and Space museum. My grandfather and great uncle set an endurance record back in the 35 in that plane.