B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3463

History of
B-17 42-3463

Delivered Denver 25/6/43; Assigned 395BG to Ephrata with Orville Castle, force landed Moses Lake 3/8/43; 497BG Pratt 11/8/43; with Hayden Hughes force landed Harvard Fd, NE 11/10/43; 225 ASC Rapid City 29/4/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Ontario 19/6/45. Filmed at Ontario for movie The Best Years of Our Lives with nose art “Round ? Trip” added by studio.

Last updated: 12. March 2022

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