B-17 Flying Fortress - Production-block B-17G-50-DL: 44-6251 to 44-6500

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Modifications to this production-block

Enclosed radio gun compartment with K-5 mount, Cheyenne tail gun position with N-8 sight, engine fire extinguisher system, five modified oxygen regulators, additional stowage in liferaft compartment, outside release handles for liferaft, parachute static lins at exits and hot air heating added. Provisions for SCR-515 radio deleted. Lorenz blind approach equipment deleted from 44-6376 and G-1 oxygen signal deleted from 44-6401.

B-17 Flying Fortresses in this production-block

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S/N	Unit	Fate	Manufacturer
44-6471 / Elmer’s Tune	92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron		Douglas
44-6472	388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (25 November 1944)	Douglas
44-6473	92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron	Battle damaged (07 October 1944)	Douglas
44-6474	305th Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group	Returned to the USA (07 June 1945)	Douglas
44-6475 / Round Tripper	95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (20 June 1945)	Douglas
44-6476	384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron	Salvaged (02 January 1946)	Douglas
44-6477	486th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 832th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (08 July 1945)	Douglas
44-6478	381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (24 March 1945)	Douglas
44-6479 / Susie Q	92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron		Douglas
44-6480	390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (14 January 1945)	Douglas
44-6481			Douglas
44-6482	95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (07 October 1944)	Douglas
44-6483 / Ruby’s Raiders	385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (26 June 1945)	Douglas
44-6484	390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (29 June 1945)	Douglas
44-6485	401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron	Destroyed on ground (23 September 1944)	Douglas
44-6486	97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron	Mid-air collision (11 November 1944)	Douglas
44-6487	2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft ditched (22 November 1944)	Douglas
44-6488 / The Little One	483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (30 July 1945)	Douglas
44-6489			Douglas
44-6490	100th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group	Returned to the USA (15 July 1945)	Douglas

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