B-17 Flying Fortress - Production-block B-17G-45-BO: 42-97173 to 42-97435

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Modifications to this production-block

Electrical bomb control system and A-8 signal container added. Changes to SCR-281 radio.

B-17 Flying Fortresses in this production-block

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S/N	Unit	Fate	Manufacturer
42-97392	447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (09 July 1945)	Boeing
42-97393 / Pride of the Century	100th Bomb Group 398th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron		Boeing
42-97394 / Kentucky Colonel	398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (08 August 1944)	Boeing
42-97395 / Chute The Works	401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron	Lost by mechanical fault (25 March 1945)	Boeing
42-97396 / Fortunate Youth	306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron	Destroyed on ground (06 August 1944)	Boeing
42-97397 / Unavailable Mabel	306th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (10 June 1945)	Boeing
42-97398	487th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron 836th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (31 December 1944)	Boeing
42-97399	398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (08 August 1944)	Boeing
42-97400 / Little Stinker aka Fuddy Duddy	447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron	Mid-air collision (30 December 1944)	Boeing
42-97401 / Stinker Jr	398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron	Lost by mechanical fault (17 October 1944)	Boeing
42-97402 / Round Trip Ticket aka Ruth	92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron	Crashlanding Battle damaged (05 September 1944)	Boeing
42-97403	96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (08 May 1944)	Boeing
42-97404	384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (13 May 1944)	Boeing
42-97405 / Mary Cary	303rd Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire ditched (22 June 1944)	Boeing
42-97406	91st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron 413th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (19 April 1944)	Boeing
42-97407 / As-te-rix	390th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron 570th Bomb Squadron	Mid-air collision (30 November 1944)	Boeing

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