Registration / Serial: | 42-5736 |
Alternate Serial: | 25736 |
Military Code: | UX-C |
Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (299) |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress |
Aircraft Version: | Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress (V-139-3) |
Licence-built by: | Vega |
C/n (msn): | 6032 |
City / Airport: | Bassingbourn (closed)Map |
Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
Photo Date: | May 1943 to August 1943 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 479056Submit Correction |
View count: | 527 |
Escort version of the B-17F with extra guns. The flaw in the idea was the heavy YB-40s could not keep up the bombers once relieved of their bomb loads. The 21 pre-production YB-40s were withdrawn after only 14 missions. 42-5736, at one time called Tampa Tornado, was flown back to the US for scrapping. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland
Registration / Serial: | 42-5736 |
Alternate Serial: | 25736 |
Aircraft Version: | Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress (V-139-3) |
C/n (msn): | 6032 |
City / Airport: | Bassingbourn (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
Photo Date: | May 1943 to August 1943 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | 42-5736 |
Alternate Serial: | 25736 |
Military Code: | UX-C |
Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (299) |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress |
Aircraft Version: | Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress (V-139-3) |
Licence-built by: | Vega |
C/n (msn): | 6032 |
City / Airport: | Bassingbourn (closed)Map |
Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
Photo Date: | May 1943 to August 1943 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 479056Submit Correction |
View count: | 527 |
Escort version of the B-17F with extra guns. The flaw in the idea was the heavy YB-40s could not keep up the bombers once relieved of their bomb loads. The 21 pre-production YB-40s were withdrawn after only 14 missions. 42-5736, at one time called Tampa Tornado, was flown back to the US for scrapping. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland
Registration / Serial: | 42-5736 |
Alternate Serial: | 25736 |
Aircraft Version: | Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress (V-139-3) |
C/n (msn): | 6032 |
City / Airport: | Bassingbourn (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
Photo Date: | May 1943 to August 1943 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |