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[syscom3]

B-17Fs under conversion to YB-40s at Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1942

The b17 with tail code 25734; It served with the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Bomb Squadron at RAF Alconbury. Was later transferred to the 91st Bomb Group, 323rd Bomb Squadron at RAF Bassingbourn.

Fate: After completing its combat trials in Europe, it returned to the United States in September 1944. It was ultimately sent to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in Ontario, California, where it was sold for scrap metal on May 18 1945.

 

[MIflyer]

P-51B Arrive In The CBI Picture from Flight Journal with photo credit as given.

 

[Warspite63]

B-17 Flying Fortress Engine Maintenance, Espírito Santo, December 1942 the net
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A year into the Pacific War and she still has US ARMY under the wings .... interesting

 

[Greg Boeser]

A year into the Pacific War and she still has US ARMY under the wings .... interesting

They had more important things to do than keep up with the latest fashions. There was a war on!

 

[Dana Bell]

There was never an order to remove the "U. S. ARMY" markings, only two orders to end the application of the markings. (One for camouflaged aircraft, and a subsequent order for uncamouflaged planes.) Any aircraft surviving from before the order could carry the markings a long while.

Cheers,


Dana

 

[SaparotRob]

B-17Fs under conversion to YB-40s at Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1942

The b17 with tail code 25734; It served with the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Bomb Squadron at RAF Alconbury. Was later transferred to the 91st Bomb Group, 323rd Bomb Squadron at RAF Bassingbourn.

Fate: After completing its combat trials in Europe, it returned to the United States in September 1944. It was ultimately sent to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in Ontario, California, where it was sold for scrap metal on May 18 1945.

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I didn't know that many were made.