B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-31909 / Nine-O-Nine

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General
Manufacturer: Boeing
Production-Block: , B-17G-30-BO 42-31732 to 42-31931
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 91st Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 323rd Bomb Squadron
RCL OR-R
Fate: , Returned to the USA
(11 June 1945)
Missions: 140
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History of
B-17 42-31909 / Nine-O-Nine

Delivered Cheyenne 3/1/44; Kearney 12/1/44; Romulus 24/1/44; Grenier 29/1/44; Assigned 323BS/91BG [OR-R] Bassingbourn 24/2/44; 140m Returned to the USA 1321 BU Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 18/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/12/45. NINE O NINE.

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B-17 42-31909 / Nine-O-Nine Details

The original B-17G #42-31909 ‘Nine-O-Nine’ flew 140 missions.

Collings Foundation maintains the flyable B-17G #44-83575, which is painted after the original “Nine o Nine”.

 

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This page was last updated on 03 October 2019

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