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Another odd trainer: 42-30924 at Langley

Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 4:45 am
by Chris Brame
Well-used B-17F radar trainer:
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Dave Osborne wrote:42-30924 Del Cheyenne 23/8/43; 2117 BU Buckingham 3/7/44; 35601 BU Boca Raton 16/7/44; 3505 BU Scott 20/1/45; 3539 BU Langley 28/12/45; RFC Walnut Ridge 3/1/46.
Correct? Any idea as to the origin of the big "39" code? The two Gs behind it aren't numbered like that. The tail's been repainted more than once, and note what looks like the remains of a "U-" code from Yuma?