Production-block:
B-17F-35-BO: 42-5079 to 42-5149
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 383rd Bomb Group
- 385th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 540th Bomb Squadron
History of
B-17 42-5113 / Dixie Flyer
Delivered Geiger 28/9/42; Salina 30/12/42; Assigned 540BS/383BG Ainsworth 1/3/43; force landed base 14/4/43 with John Barneson; 3701 BU Amarillo 23/7/43; slated 385BG Gt Ashfield, but crash landed Glasgow, MT with John Peck 28/8/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 2/1/46. DIXIE FLYER.
Last updated: 11. October 2018
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