Source:
www.aviarmor.net
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Production-Block: | , Boeing B-17E: 41-9011 to 41-9245 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 301st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 419th Bomb Squadron |
| Fate: | |
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History of
B-17 41-9112
Delivered Geiger 419BS/301BG 20/4/42; experimental armament equipment installed at Bovingdon; never involved in combat; Returned to the USA 14/2/43 for Project Reed; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/10/46. DREAMBOAT.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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B-17 41-9112 Details
Project Reed – experimental armament equipments. For example nose and tail turrets from B-24 Liberator, where they provided much more firepower and better armor protection. The tail turret had a field of fire about six times greater than the original B-17 turret.
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This page was last updated on 12 July 2017
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