B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-37717 / Channel Fever Baby

History of
B-17 42-37717 / Channel Fever Baby

Delivered Long Beach 6/8/43; Scott 8/10/43; Assigned 422BS/305BG [JJ-B] Chelveston 20/12/43; transferred 858BS 20/6/44; declared war weary and modified as lifeboat carrier at Honington for Air Sea Rescue Halesworth /45; retUS 121 BU Bradley 29/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 21/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/11/45. CHANNEL FEVER BABY.

Last updated: 17. September 2017