Production-block:
B-17G-1-VE: 42-39758 to 42-39857
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 305th Bomb Group
- 492nd Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 365th Bomb Squadron
- 422nd Bomb Squadron
- 858th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: XK-F
History of
B-17 42-39790
Delivered Long Beach 2/9/43; Gr Island 23/9/43; Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-F] Chelveston 18/10/43; transferred 422 NLS 23/5/44; then transferred 858BS/492BG Cheddington, being modified at Honington as lifeboat carrier for Air Sea Rescue 26/6/44; retUS 1103 BU Morrison 2/11/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/1/46.
Last updated: 16. December 2018
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