B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-37616 / Solid Sender

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Production-block:
B-17G-65-BO: 43-37509 to 43-37673

Manufacturer:
Boeing

Bomb Squadron:
423rd Bomb Squadron

RCL: RD-X

Fate:

Missions: 100+

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History of
B-17 43-37616 / Solid Sender

Delivered Cheyenne 5/5/44; Hunter 18/5/44; Dow Fd 4/6/44; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-X] Thurleigh 10/6/44; 30+m transferred 381BG Ridgewell 5/45; 91BG Bassingbourn 30/5/45; 100+m, Returned to the USA Bradley 11/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45. SOLID SENDER.

Source: Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log*

Last updated: 22. May 2018

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Philip Stanley
28. July 2020 3:26

My friend Bob was the skipper who flew out of Thurleigh in Bedfordshire He is 95 Had lunch with him last Saturday showing off his aviator sun glasses with loops around the ears
Distinctly remembers the trips to Berlin Plane came back on one occasion with 46 holes in it Crew chief upset Had to fly a B17 gF while the Sender was being repaired. Named after a Sinatra song
There is a picture of the plane on the wall at the Thurlegh air museum

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History of
B-17 43-37616 / Solid Sender