B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 43-38821 / Girdle Gertie

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 43-38821 / Girdle Gertie

Manufacturer:
Boeing

  • RCL: LD-O, XR-O
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History of
B-17 43-38821 / Girdle Gertie

Delivered Lincoln 25/9/44; Grenier 7/10/44; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-O] Thorpe Abbotts 10/10/44; then 349BS [XR-O]; transferred 482BG Alconbury 20/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45. GIRDLE GERTIE.

Last updated: 5. October 2017

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