B-17 Flying Fortress - Production-block B-17F-5-VE: 42-5710 to 42-5724

Modifications to this production-block

SCR-269G radio compass added and oxygen system changes.

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S/N	Unit	Fate	Manufacturer
42-5710			Lockheed/Vega
42-5711			Lockheed/Vega
42-5712 / Heavy Weight Annihilators No. 2 aka My Prayer	91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron	Crashlanding (17 August 1943)	Boeing
42-5713	305th Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron 366th Bomb Squadron		Lockheed/Vega
42-5714 / Old Faithful II	306th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 323rd Bomb Squadron 423rd Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft used in KG 200 (14 October 1943)	Lockheed/Vega
42-5715 / Sooner II	94th Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron	Battle damaged (18 December 1942)	Lockheed/Vega
42-5716			Lockheed/Vega
42-5717	306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (16 February 1943)	Lockheed/Vega
42-5718 / The Widow Maker	452nd Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron		Lockheed/Vega
42-5719			Lockheed/Vega
42-5720 / Scarlet aka Slightly Dangerous	306th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron 368th Bomb Squadron 544th Bomb Squadron	Out of gas (06 September 1943)	Lockheed/Vega
42-5721			Lockheed/Vega
42-5722			Lockheed/Vega
42-5723	303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron	Crashlanding Battle damaged (18 March 1943)	Lockheed/Vega
42-5724 / Thunderbird II	91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (28 June 1943)	Lockheed/Vega