Source:
www.americanairmuseum.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-55-BO: 42-29467 to 42-29531 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 99th Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 416th Bomb Squadron |
| Fate: |
, Returned to the USA (23 September 1945) |
| Missions: | 111 |
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History of
B-17 42-29472 / Sweeter Girl
Delivered Denver 22/12/42; Salina 3/1/43; West Palm Beach 31/3/43; Assigned 416BS/99BG Navarin 3/3/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; {111m} became weather aircraft with Dennis Gaeth & crew; Returned to the USA Morrison 23/9/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 26/9/45. SWEATER GIRL.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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B-17 42-29472 / Sweeter Girl Details
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This page was last updated on 24 December 2019
13. June 2023 access_time 1:04
This B-17’s nick name was actually “Sweater Girl” https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_1a.html
22. August 2026 access_time 1:46
Although the first list F-55-BO image is from a very low camera angle, I have not found another F-55-BO or lower without an astrodome above the navigator’s station.
I highly suspect this block introduced the astrodome at Seattle. While other blocks display the astrodome, the modification centers added the feature with increasing regularity from late in first 300, through.much of the Seattle 42-5XXX (BO) serial run; and seemingly consistently starting at or near block F-55-BO.
The F-VE 42-5XXX+ serial run increasing has the astrodome possibly after F-20-VE with some earlier.
27. August 2026 access_time 0:04
My research and the Aero list both put the Seattle factory introduction of the astrodome at block F-55-BO at or very early within the block.