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Source:
www.306bg.us
Production-block:
B-17F-30-BO: 42-5050 to 42-5078
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 303rd Bomb Group
- 306th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 360th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: PU-I
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History of
B-17 42-5054 / Belle of San Joaquin
Delivered Cheyenne 9/9/42; New Castle 14/10/42; Assigned 306BG Thurleigh 7/8/43; transferred 360BS/303BG [PU-I] Molesworth 25/9/43; Returned to the USA Miami 7/5/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 2/11/45. BELLE OF SAN JOAQUIN.
Last updated: 19. July 2017
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28. September 2025 access_time 6:11
‘The Belle of San Joachin’, 42-5054, appears in “Target for Today”, a 1944 documentary on the US 8th Air Force’s bombing campaign against Germany in World War 2. During the combat scenes, 42-5054 appears alongside 42-5257 in flight.