| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-50-DL: 44-6251 to 44-6500 |
| Operational History | |
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| Bomb Group: | - |
| Bomb Squadron: | - |
| Fate: | |
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History of
B-17 44-6393 / Return To Glory
Delivered Kearney 22/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 97BG Amendola 20/8/44; depot 21/8/44; Sal; Returned to the USA Bolling 5/45; 4112 BU Olmstead 3/46; used by Gen Ira Eaker as STARDUSTER from Bolling 3/48; 18 MSG Clark Fd, Phillipines 9/48; 1130 SAG Nanking, China; US Embassy in Canada 11/49; 3510 FTW Randolph 2/53; Davis-Monthan 9/55; to Aero Boliviano as CP-627 & CP-891 freight-carrier 6/56; crashed La Paz, Bolivia, but rep; Returned to the USA 1980, restored now in 15AF Museum as 2ND PATCHES, now in March AFB Museum, Riverside, Cal. as RETURN TO GLORY.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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This page was last updated on 16 November 2019

17. October 2018 access_time 15:37
My father, Wayne Amelang. was Ira Eaker’s flight engineer on 44-6393, Starduster. at the end of WWII.