B-17 Flying Fortress - Production-block B-17G-50-BO: 42-102379 to 42-102543

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Modifications to this production-block

Circumferential waist gun armour deleted. Staggered enclosed waist guns with K-5 mount, engine fire extinguisher system and fuel valve change added.

B-17 Flying Fortresses in this production-block

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S/N	Unit	Fate	Manufacturer
42-102479	447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft Lost by flak/aa-fire (29 April 1944)	Boeing
42-102480 / Boots II	96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron	Crashlanding (23 April 1944)	Boeing
42-102481 / Kentucky Winner	385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (18 March 1945)	Boeing
42-102482	96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (08 May 1944)	Boeing
42-102483		RFC Walnut Ridge (20 August 1945)	Boeing
42-102484 / Heller’s Angel	303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (21 November 1944)	Boeing
42-102485 / Bare Essentials	388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (28 May 1944)	Boeing
42-102486	385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron		Boeing
42-102487	398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron	Failed to return (25 February 1945)	Boeing
42-102488	388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron	Lost by unknown reason (09 April 1944)	Boeing
42-102489		RFC Altus (05 November 1945)	Boeing
42-102490 / Wicked Witch	91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (20 February 1945)	Boeing
42-102491 / Janie	483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron	RFC Kingman (21 December 1945)	Boeing
42-102492		RFC Walnut Ridge (11 December 1945)	Boeing
42-102493 / Inside Man	2nd Bomb Group 388th Bomb Group 49th Bomb Squadron 561st Bomb Squadron	Battle damaged (21 June 1944)	Boeing
42-102494	447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron	Lost by mechanical fault (24 May 1944)	Boeing
42-102495 / Piccadilly Special	92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron		Boeing
42-102496 / Special Delivery	303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron	Landing accident (18 September 1944)	Boeing
42-102497 / Flak Hack	487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (24 December 1944)	Boeing
42-102498	398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (30 May 1944)	Boeing

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