B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31706 / Slow But Sure

History of
B-17 42-31706 / Slow But Sure

Delivered Denver 7/12/43; Cheyenne 19/12/43; Kearney 22/12/43; Assigned 749BS/457BG [M] Glatton 14/2/44; declared war weary and transferred 1 SAD Burtonwood 24/3/45 modified for airborne lifeboat; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 30/6/45; Jackson 1/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 4/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/11/45. SLOW BUT SURE.

Last updated: 5. March 2018