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    Airframe Family: Boeing B299 / B-17 Fortress
    Latest Model:B-17E-BO Fortress
    Last Military Serial:41-9131 USAAF
    Construction Number:2603
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-17E-BO sn 41-9131 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:1 MPC, Culver

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-17E-BO by Boeing at Seattle, Washington, USA.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-9131.


    Photographer: Unknown

    25 April 1942

    Transferred to SAAD.

    25 May 1942

    Transferred to Langley.

    18 February 1943

    Transferred to Olmstead.

    5 March 1943

    Transferred to Langley.

    6 June 1943

    Transferred to Mitchell.

    7 July 1943

    Transferred to Cherry Point.

    1 January 1944

    Transferred to 1 MPC, Culver.
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