B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 41-9112

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.

Last updated: 12. July 2017

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.

Related web sites about the B-17 41-9112

1. http://www.kaiserslauternamerican.com/reeds-dreamboat/