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Keesler (ex-Gulfport) B-17G

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2016 5:53 pm
by Chris Brame
Found this shot in one of the Keesler AAF books at aafcollection.info; 44-6018:
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Dave Osborne wrote:44-6018 Del Tulsa 6/4/44; Gulfport 19/4/44; Jackson 21/4/44; 328 BU Gulfport 31/3/45; 3704 BU Keesler 11/4/45; RFC Kingman 16/3/46.
Looks like some previous codes were painted over on the vertical. Before that, Keesler had a P-43 and two Airacudas for the mechanics to learn on, and later a B-32.