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| '''Bob Rapp''' <br/>1/24/2006 2:01:54 PM 
| Or did the 401st always fly the B-17G when they were at Deenethorpe? My dad (Warren Rapp, an MP during the war) seems to remember seeing B-17Fs early on, but maybe he is remembering training missions in the States?<br/> <br/>  
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| '''Mark Brotherton''' <br/>1/28/2006 9:44:11 PM 
| According to Roger Freeman the 401st was the first Bomb Group to arrive in the UK with all B-17Gs.  Some may have actually been modified Fs but thats about it.<br/>  
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| '''Donald Byers''' <br/>2/10/2006 6:26:02 PM 
| Hopefully someone that was their can actually answer that question.  However, if you look under history and assigned aircraft you will find numbers 42-#### and were B17F's.<br/>  
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| '''Graham Bratley''' <br/>3/2/2006 3:21:23 PM 
| I would tend to think that the initial aircraft to fly over in late 1943 were B17G models. One of these aircraft 4231072 the Betty J was a G model with a chin turret B17G-1-BO made by Boing and delivered to the group on 7 September 1943. It may have origionally been started as an F but was modified with a chin turret and subsequentely designated as a B17G. There was an F model on the group roster which was used as a &quot;hack&quot; whatever that may mean.<br/>  
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| '''EARLE WILDE''' <br/>12/15/2006 11:25:57 PM 
| YES. MY FORM 1 SO INDICATES. CONTACT ME FOR DATES AND POSSIBLY SHIP NUMBERS.<br/>  
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