B-17 Flying Fortress - Production-block B-17G-15-VE: 42-97436 to 42-97535

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Modifications to this production-block

Circumferential waist gun armour deleted from 42-97445. Oil reserve for propeller feathering system on 42-97447 only. SCR-695 radio (SCR-535 alternative), revised bomb sight wiring and wing tip light change added. Camouflage finish discontinued on or about the last plane.

B-17 Flying Fortresses in this production-block

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S/N	Unit	Fate	Manufacturer
42-97436 / Silver Meteor	99th Bomb Group 346th Bomb Squadron		Lockheed/Vega
42-97437	97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (10 September 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97438	2nd Bomb Group 99th Bomb Group 416th Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Squadron	Battle damaged (01 November 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97439	99th Bomb Group 416th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (22 February 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97440 / Flak Rat II aka Patches	401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (30 May 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97441	92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron	Mid-air collision (30 January 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97442	381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron		Lockheed/Vega
42-97443 / Miss Yu	457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron	Crashlanding (22 January 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97444	97th Bomb Group 340th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (17 February 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97445		RFC Walnut Ridge (13 November 1945)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97446	301st Bomb Group 463rd Bomb Group 419th Bomb Squadron	Salvaged (25 July 1945)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97447	95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (10 February 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97448	401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (20 April 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97449 / Sweetheart	384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (19 July 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97450	384th Bomb Group 457th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (22 February 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97451 / Nancy K.	457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron	Mid-air collision (10 September 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97452	457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (28 May 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97453	388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron		Lockheed/Vega
42-97454	381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (19 May 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97455 / Keystone Mama	457th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (19 May 1944)	Lockheed/Vega

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