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Data Plate Delivery Dates
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:24 pm
by DryMartini
Anyone know how to find/where to find the
Air Corps acceptance date for a particular
aircraft serial number?
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:00 pm
by aerovin2
Should be on the aircraft record card. Which airplane?
Reason
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:04 pm
by DryMartini
OK, here is the background on this one:
B-17E 41-2595's record card shows a delivery date of 2-14-42.
However, I have pictures of two other B-17E data plates,
41-2568 and 41-9096, which specify their delivery dates as
4-8-42. So, the reason I was asking was to determine
if 4-8-42 was the contract delivery date, or the actual
airframe delivery date.
Any help appreciated.
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 11:16 pm
by aerovin2
The record card for 41-2595 shows "Date Received" of 2-14-42. I think there is an official difference between accepted, delivered, and received, but I don't know what it is. Big help, eh?