B-17 Flying Fortress - Production-block B-17G-45-VE: 44-8001 to 44-8100

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Modifications to this production-block

Homogeneous armour added from 44-8037. Electrical bomb control system and B-10 bomb shackles added. Parachute static lines at both exit doors added from 44-8088. Fuel tnk fitting changes. Bomb-bay fuel tank fitting deleted.

B-17 Flying Fortresses in this production-block

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S/N	Unit	Fate	Manufacturer
44-8001	301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron	Crashlanding Battle damaged (25 November 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
44-8002	401st Bomb Group 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron	Battle damaged (10 January 1945)	Lockheed/Vega
44-8003	483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (01 April 1945)	Lockheed/Vega
44-8004	97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron	Failed to return (14 October 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
44-8005	97th Bomb Group	Returned to the USA (25 March 1945)	Lockheed/Vega
44-8006	97th Bomb Group 341st Bomb Squadron	Crashed on take off (08 January 1945)	Lockheed/Vega
44-8007 / Screaming Eagle	305th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron		Lockheed/Vega
44-8008	384th Bomb Group 385th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (19 March 1945)	Lockheed/Vega
44-8009	100th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (02 October 1945)	Lockheed/Vega
44-8010 / Whirlaway	306th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron		Lockheed/Vega
44-8011 / Misbehavin’	384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (17 September 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
44-8012	97th Bomb Group 341st Bomb Squadron	Salvaged (10 May 1946)	Lockheed/Vega
44-8013 / Chug-A-Lug	390th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (05 July 1945)	Lockheed/Vega
44-8014 / Big Deal	483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (14 October 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
44-8015 / Johnny Reb	452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (22 February 1945)	Lockheed/Vega
44-8016	463rd Bomb Group 774th Bomb Squadron	Salvaged (21 May 1946)	Lockheed/Vega
44-8017 / The Sad Sack	379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (30 November 1944)	Lockheed/Vega
44-8018 / Margie	483rd Bomb Group 840th Bomb Squadron	Crashlanding (09 February 1945)	Lockheed/Vega
44-8019	463rd Bomb Group		Lockheed/Vega
44-8020	2nd Bomb Group 49th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (31 May 1945)	Lockheed/Vega

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