| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed/Vega |
| Production-Block: | , B-17F-40-VE: 42-5955 to 42-6029 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | - |
| Bomb Squadron: | - |
| Fate: | |
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History of
B-17 42-5991
Delivered Long Beach 15/6/43; New Orleans 14/7/43; Orlando 15/12/43; 331 BU Barksdale 24/6/44; to Gore Fd, from where with J. Schumacher force landed New Orleans Apt 14/7/43; 3036 BU Yuma 5/7/44; 331 BU Barksdale 15/7/44; 2137 BU Hendricks 27/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 9/10/45.
Information may include corrections and additions based on Jing’s research.
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01. October 2026 access_time 22:53
regarding 42-5991 , a photo exist of this plane in flying with the modified Bendix chin turret added as crew gunnery trainer. documentation states these were done at Cheyenne. However that’ll cation is not shown here which opens several questions.
01. October 2026 access_time 23:24
The Aero B-17 places 42-5991 at several locations/centers and eventually at Cheyenne circa 16 Jun, 1943, which is while gun training program was in progress. That conforms with the photo evidence. That photo is at Fans of the B-17 Flying Fortress (Oct 01, 2026) and my FB group Flying Fortress 1936 1945.
Recommend you add UAL CHY stopover; and
the image of the trainer modification.