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| '''Paul Bellamy''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/Paul Bellamy.jpg' /></div><br/>12/16/2011 8:09:16 PM 
| I've opened a new section to my expanded Assigned Aircraft Roster, to cover those B-17s assigned to the 401st in the early days as a 2nd Air Force trainee unit in the USA.<br/> All these would have been B-17Fs, and prior to the Group being re-equipped with brand-new B-17Gs* prior to heading the England each squadron would have had twelve aircraft on hand. <br/> *<i>I include one or two G-spec late B-17Fs here for convenience.</i><br/> <br/> Here's the brief version what I have so far, compiled from the Squadron histories and other AAF records:<br/> <br/> B-17F-35-BO <b>42-5113</b>: 614BS. Involved in ground collision with 42-30786 28/8/43<br/> B-17F-35-BO <b>42-5138</b>: 612BS. Fatally exploded 1/9/43	<br/> B-17F-35-VE <b>42-5916</b>: 614BS. <i>614BS history gives it as being assigned to them new in August 43. Also recorded as being assigned to 92BG and scrapped in UK in July 1943.</i><br/> B-17F-40-VE <b>42-5955</b>: 613BS. Crash-landed 21/8/43	<br/> B-17F-40-VE <b>42-6025</b>: 614BS. Belly-landed after engine failure 7/9/43 (<i>For some reason specifically noted as a B-17<u>G</u> in the Squadron's history</i>)	<br/> B-17F-45-VE <b>42-6062</b>: 615BS. Crash-landed 24/8/43	<br/> B-17F-45-VE <b>42-6090</b>: 612BS. Fatal crash due to structural failure in flight 1/10/43	<br/> B-17F-70-BO <b>42-29840</b>: 613BS Crash-landed 18/8/43	<br/> B-17F-105-BO <b>42-30531</b>: 614BS. No further information. (Last aircraft in Boeing Block F-105)<br/> B-17F-115-BO <b>42-30685</b>: 614BS. No further information<br/> B-17F-120-BO <b>42-30786</b>: 614BS. Written off following ground collision with 42-5113 28/8/43<br/> <br/> I'll update this list as and when possible.<br/> <br/> All the best,<br/> Paul <br/><br/>Paul Bellamy<br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/resource1.png' /><br/> 
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