B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-39790

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39790
General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-1-VE: 42-39758 to 42-39857
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 305th Bomb Group, 492nd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 365th Bomb Squadron, 422nd Bomb Squadron, 858th Bomb Squadron
RCL XK-F
Fate: , Returned to the USA
(02 November 1945)
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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.

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This page was last updated on 16 December 2018

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