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
44-6311 / Coaltown Express	486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (08 July 1945)	Douglas
44-6312 / Homesick Angel	486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (08 July 1945)	Douglas
44-6313 / Budd’s Dudds	401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (06 June 1945)	Douglas
44-6314 / Ruthie Bee	486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (08 July 1945)	Douglas
44-6315 / Fearless Fosdick	487th Bomb Group 837th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (10 July 1945)	Douglas
44-6316	303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron	Battle damaged (12 September 1944)	Douglas
44-6317	483rd Bomb Group 840th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (13 March 1945)	Douglas
44-6318	301st Bomb Group 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron		Douglas
44-6319	483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (12 July 1945)	Douglas
44-6320 / The Northern Gale	483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (29 April 1945)	Douglas
44-6321	97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (15 June 1945)	Douglas
44-6322	483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (14 June 1945)	Douglas
44-6323	483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (07 July 1945)	Douglas
44-6324	483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron	Lost by unknown reason (25 June 1945)	Douglas
44-6325 / The Old Shillalah	483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (16 March 1945)	Douglas
44-6326 / Pick Up	483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (12 July 1945)	Douglas
44-6327 / The Anthony J	483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (25 April 1945)	Douglas
44-6328	97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron	Failed to return (20 April 1945)	Douglas
44-6329	483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (18 September 1945)	Douglas
44-6330	99th Bomb Group 348th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (14 June 1945)	Douglas

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