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Source:
www.fold3.com
Production-block:
B-17F-35-VE: 42-5905 to 42-5954
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 388th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 561st Bomb Squadron
History of
B-17 42-5905 / Just AG
Delivered Long Beach 26/4/43; Sioux City 7/5/43; Smoky Hill 9/6/43; Dow Fd 30/6/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 3/7/43; detailed Solignen, 30/11/43 with Paul Kelly, Co-pilot: John Corzette, Navigator: John Wiley, Bombardier: Marion Wiles, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Theo Lambert, Radio Operator: Edwin Bishop, Ball turret gunner: Merrick Castilie, Waist gunner: Eldridge Sauter, Waist gunner: Sterling Crawford,Tail gunner: Andrew Jenkins (10 Returned to Duty) crash landed on wrong runway at Polebrook on return through pilot error. Salvaged. JUST AG.
Last updated: 11. February 2018
18. February 2019 access_time 21:14
The revised location and enlarged, blistered plexiglas forward cheek position was not introduced here at block F-35-VE. This configuration dates back to atleast most F-15-VE. Some late block -35 may have modified, angled cheek positions in a variety of combinations as found on some F-40-VE.