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
44-6491 / I’ll Be Around	390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (26 November 1944)	Douglas
44-6492	99th Bomb Group 416th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (18 June 1945)	Douglas
44-6493			Douglas
44-6494	97th Bomb Group	Returned to the USA (05 July 1945)	Douglas
44-6495	483rd Bomb Group	Returned to the USA (30 October 1945)	Douglas
44-6496	493rd Bomb Group 860th Bomb Squadron		Douglas
44-6497	483rd Bomb Group 840th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (19 October 1945)	Douglas
44-6498	100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron	Salvaged (04 November 1944)	Douglas
44-6499	301st Bomb Group 352nd Bomb Squadron		Douglas
44-6500	100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (03 February 1945)	Douglas

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