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
44-6351	301st Bomb Group 352nd Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (04 March 1945)	Douglas
44-6352	463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (15 August 1944)	Douglas
44-6353	301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (10 September 1944)	Douglas
44-6354	301st Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group	Failed to return (13 September 1944)	Douglas
44-6355	301st Bomb Group 419th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (16 June 1945)	Douglas
44-6356	301st Bomb Group 353rd Bomb Squadron		Douglas
44-6357	301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron		Douglas
44-6358	301st Bomb Group 352nd Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (16 October 1945)	Douglas
44-6359	2nd Bomb Group 20th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (29 August 1944)	Douglas
44-6360	301st Bomb Group 419th Bomb Squadron		Douglas
44-6361	301st Bomb Group 352nd Bomb Squadron	Lost by mechanical fault (18 November 1944)	Douglas
44-6362 / Jack Haley’s Comet	301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (14 June 1945)	Douglas
44-6363	301st Bomb Group 353rd Bomb Squadron	Lost by flak/aa-fire (13 October 1944)	Douglas
44-6364 / Smiling Elsie	301st Bomb Group 419th Bomb Squadron	ditched Lost by friendly-fire (24 August 1944)	Douglas
44-6365	2nd Bomb Group 20th Bomb Squadron		Douglas
44-6366	97th Bomb Group 341st Bomb Squadron	Mid-air collision (11 November 1944)	Douglas
44-6367	2nd Bomb Group 49th Bomb Squadron	Returned to the USA (10 July 1945)	Douglas
44-6368	2nd Bomb Group 301st Bomb Group 20th Bomb Squadron 352nd Bomb Squadron		Douglas
44-6369	2nd Bomb Group 49th Bomb Squadron	Lost by enemy aircraft (29 August 1944)	Douglas
44-6370 / The Virginia Gentleman	301st Bomb Group 419th Bomb Squadron		Douglas

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