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Produktionsblock:
B-17G-1-BO: 42-31032 bis 42-31131
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 401st Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 613th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: IN-K
Geschichte der
B-17 42-31072 / Betty J
Delivered Cheyenne 15/9/43; Scott 20/10/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-K] Deenethorpe 26/10/43; TDY Polebrook 16/6/44, ret 6/7/44; TDY Egypt 6/8/44, ret 29/8/44; force landed continent 3/3/45; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. BETTY J.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 1. März 2018
B-17 42-31072 / Betty J Details
This was the only original aircraft of the 401st BG to return to the USA after the war. The aircraft was named after Lt. Bryan Shotts’ Wife “Betty Jean Shotts”.
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