B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-3521

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General
Manufacturer: Douglas
Production-Block: , B-17F-75-DL: 42-3504 to 42-3563, B-17G-5-DL: 42-3504 to 42-3563
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 306th Bomb Group, 482nd Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 367th Bomb Squadron, 813th Bomb Squadron
RCL GY-A
Fate:
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History of
B-17 42-3521

Delivered Denver 20/3/43; Lowry 17/8/43; Assigned 813BS/482BG [PC-L] Alconbury with Oboe Mk I radar 8/9/43; transferred 367BS/306BG [GY-A] Thurleigh 22/2/44; AFSC Stansted 12/5/44; Returned to the USA St Paul 12/6/44; transferred USN [34106] Rome, NY 23/3/45, later modified as B-17G and re-designated PB-1 (the first) as all B-17Gs, stripped of all armament and used as flying aeronautical laboratory 28/7/43; Returned to USAFF 2/4/48; eventually assigned US Navy, serial # 34106.

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