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
42-97496	401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft interned (09 April 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97497 / Tuxedo Tomie	447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (12 October 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97498 / Padded Cell II	303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (06 February 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97499	97th Bomb Group 340th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (10 January 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97500	305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (20 April 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97501 / Gum Chum!	447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (29 April 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97502	379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (13 May 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97503 / Princess Pat	381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron	Crashlanding (25 March 1945)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97504 / Mary Lou	91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron	Crashlanding Battle damaged (14 October 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97505 / The Dinglebury Kids	306th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (10 June 1945)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97506	385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (29 January 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97507 / Back to the Sack aka Jerry Boy	385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron		Lockheed/Vega
42-97508 / Juanita	2nd Bomb Group 99th Bomb Group 416th Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (22 September 1945)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97509 / Old Hickory	303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft Lost by flak/aa-fire (02 March 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97510 / Satan’s Playmate	384th Bomb Group 398th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (07 June 1945)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97511 / Egg Haid	381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron	Mid-air collision (21 January 1945)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97512		RFC Walnut Ridge (04 January 1946)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97513	97th Bomb Group 341st Bomb Squadron		Lockheed/Vega
42-97514	100th Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron 422nd Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (14 October 1945)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97515 / Little Runt	92nd Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron	interned (18 March 1944)	Lockheed/Vega

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