B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-30190

History of
B-17 42-30190

Delivered Wright Fd 24/4/43; Gore 27/4/43; Boeing 29/5/43; Blythe 23/6/43; Wright 29/7/43; Pendleton 21/9/43; 1105 BU Miami 12/10/43; converted to XC-108B fuel tanker for CBI theater with a view to converting war-weary bombers into tankers with all armament removed. Returned to the USA 25/9/44; 4100 BU Patterson 28/3/45; 4202 BU Syracuse 29/5/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Fd 26/5/45.

Last updated: 4. January 2019