Production-block:
B-17G-65-VE: 44-8401 to 44-8500
Manufacturer:
Lockheed/Vega
- Bomb Group:
- 100th Bomb Group
- 390th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 418th Bomb Squadron
- 570th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: DI-T, LD-D
History of
B-17 44-8481
Delivered Dallas 25/9/44; Hunter 23/10/44; Grenier 10/11/44; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-T] Framlingham 20/11/44 as PFF a/c; transferred 418BS/100BG [LD- ] Thorpe Abbotts 22/11/44; Returned to the USA 23/10/45, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 2/1/46.
Last updated: 18. September 2017
07. December 2021 access_time 12:55
I have found an unidentified photo of this aircraft on the American Air Museum site. https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/20696
07. December 2021 access_time 21:24
A photo of the tail of this aircraft while it was briefly with the 390th Bomb Group. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1577624329084572&set=gm.2658175701123042