Registration / Serial:40-3097
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (299)
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Aircraft Version:Boeing B-17D Flying Fortress
C/n (msn):2125
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:19 April 2013
Photo by:Glenn ChatfieldContact
Photo ID:445418Submit Correction
View count: 260
25 Apr '41: TOS USAAC. Only US military aircraft to fly a combat mission on the first day of the US entry into WWII and remain in continuous military flying service throughout WWII. 7 Dec '41: Flew on the first U.S. combat mission in the Philippines and then had a long history in the war. 1/49: Donated to the National Air Museum. Lots of changes in storage locations. 4/61: Transported to the Paul Garber Restoration Facility in Silver Hill, MD, for future restoration. 2008: Transported to the NMUSAF in sections by rail in 2008 where restoration began in 2010.
Registration / Serial:40-3097
Aircraft Version:Boeing B-17D Flying Fortress
C/n (msn):2125
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:19 April 2013
Photo by:Glenn ChatfieldContact
Registration / Serial:40-3097
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (299)
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Aircraft Version:Boeing B-17D Flying Fortress
C/n (msn):2125
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:19 April 2013
Photo by:Glenn ChatfieldContact
Photo ID:445418Submit Correction
View count: 260
25 Apr '41: TOS USAAC. Only US military aircraft to fly a combat mission on the first day of the US entry into WWII and remain in continuous military flying service throughout WWII. 7 Dec '41: Flew on the first U.S. combat mission in the Philippines and then had a long history in the war. 1/49: Donated to the National Air Museum. Lots of changes in storage locations. 4/61: Transported to the Paul Garber Restoration Facility in Silver Hill, MD, for future restoration. 2008: Transported to the NMUSAF in sections by rail in 2008 where restoration began in 2010.
Registration / Serial:40-3097
Aircraft Version:Boeing B-17D Flying Fortress
C/n (msn):2125
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:19 April 2013
Photo by:Glenn ChatfieldContact