B-17E 41-2622/FK198 + B-17F 42-5460

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B-17E 41-2622/FK198 + B-17F 42-5460

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Yale University just posted a HUGE photo archive; searching "plane" yielded over 900 results (lots of B-24 and B-25 factory shots), and so far there's one B-17E:
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Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command base sixteen miles from Detroit, Michigan. Workers inspecting a plane/September 1942
41-2622/FK198; per Baugher:
2622 to RAF as FK198. Struck on ground by another Fortress Apr 9, 1944. SOC.
ETA: Type "Fortress" in the search box and tons of factory shots come up, along with this nice shot of B-17F 42-5460 (nothing in Baugher, AAIR shows it as a trainer at Biggs Field, TX):
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Little nuggets out there that you continue to dig out. Good stuff. Amazing how much hidden material remains to be uncovered.
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Re: B-17E 41-2622/FK198 + B-17F 42-5460

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And I'm really glad that you guys keep finding them! :D
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