Production-block:
B-17F-27-BO: 41-24585 to 41-24639
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 305th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 364th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: JJ-R, JJ-A
History of
B-17 41-24614 / Snafu aka We The People
Assigned 364BS/305BG [JJ-R/A] Bangor 10/9/42; Grafton Underwood 25/10/42; transferred 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 4/5/44; Returned to the USA La Junta 14/6/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Searcey Fd, 31/7/45. SNAFU then renamed WE THE PEOPLE.
Last updated: 6. November 2018
03. April 2020 access_time 12:57
This aircraft appears in the foreground on an unidentified airfield in the UK as another B-17 crashes in the distance due to apparent structural failure following battle damage: https://i.imgur.com/HGuipzd.gifv
The clip is from “Air Offensive – The Debit Side” dated 01/13/1944