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
42-97516	97th Bomb Group 341st Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (25 July 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97517		RFC Walnut Ridge (20 August 1945)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97518	388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron		Lockheed/Vega
42-97519 / Spirit of Billy Mitchell	91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (19 April 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97520 / Peg-O-My-Heart	379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (22 January 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97521 / The Saint	384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron		Lockheed/Vega
42-97522	305th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron	Lost by mechanical fault (01 May 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97523	305th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (22 March 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97524	96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 413th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (22 June 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97525 / Invictus	452nd Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (08 March 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97526	301st Bomb Group 353rd Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (25 February 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97527	92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (06 March 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97528 / Mary’s Sister	388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron	Crashlanding Battle damaged (05 January 1945)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97529 / Dinah Might II	452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (09 April 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97530 / Quittin’ Time	385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (26 June 1945)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97531	463rd Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron 772nd Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (21 July 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97532	305th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron	Landing accident (26 April 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97533	305th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron 422nd Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (24 August 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97534 / Pee Wee aka Patches	452nd Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron 728th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (25 November 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
42-97535 / Bouncing Betty II	384th Bomb Group 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (28 May 1945)	Lockheed/Vega

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