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
42-97456 / Mighty Little John	457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron	Mid-air collision (10 September 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97457	457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (25 February 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97458	457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron	Battle damaged (25 February 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97459	457th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron		Lockheed/Vega
42-97460 / Delayed Lady	457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (27 May 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97461 / Skylark	447th Bomb Group	Crashlanding Battle damaged (07 October 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97462 / Judy II	379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron	Crashlanding (08 September 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97463	306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft Lost by flak/aa-fire (20 February 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97464 / What Next?	401st Bomb Group 457th Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron 749th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (13 April 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97465 / The Scarlet Harlot	457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (09 April 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97466	305th Bomb Group 457th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (29 March 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97467	457th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron 748th Bomb Squadron	Lost by mechanical fault interned (18 July 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97468 / Tujunga III	457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron	Crashlanding Battle damaged (25 February 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97469 / Busy Baby	34th Bomb Group 379th Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 457th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (20 June 1945)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97470 / Oh Kay!	457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (26 September 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97471 / Male Call	381st Bomb Group 457th Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron	Crashlanding (20 March 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97472	351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron 511th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (28 May 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97473	390th Bomb Group 457th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (05 June 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97474 / Homing Pigeon	381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (22 February 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97475	305th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group	Crashed on take off (03 December 1944)	Lockheed/Vega

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