Found this article over at the 398th BG site:
http://398th.org/FlakNews/Articles/Lee_Letter.html
What is being posted is the B-17G-75-BO 43-37977 was ferried to Salem, Massachusetts and placed on display both at the airport as well as at Block House Square. Then sold for scrap / and or buried.
This somewhat explains why this aircraft never received a STNO number when she was at Kingman AAF (on her card)
This is the second RFC aircraft that has not listed on the Aero Vintage RFC site (the other being 42-102800 which went to Richmond, VA)
Another mystery B-17 43-37977
Another mystery B-17 43-37977
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Re: Another mystery B-17 43-37977
I'll will work to add both to the listing. I am sure there are others that were similarly memorialized that have not yet come to light. Some photos would be great.
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Re: Another mystery B-17 43-37977
42-102800:
42-102800 (c/n: 8302). Available: 6 April 1944 - Boeing Aircraft Co, Seattle, Washington
Accepted: 6 April 1944
Assigned: 8 April 1944 - ATC / 7th Ferry Group - (Gore AAF)
Ferried: 8 April 1944 (Boeing Field - Gore AAF - Cheyenne Municipal)
Assigned: 12 April 1944 - United Airlines / Boeing Modification Center #10 - (Cheyenne Municipal)
Assigned: 20 April 1944 - ATC / 7th Ferry Group - (Gore AAF)
Project: DOM 93
Ferried: 29 April 1944 (Cheyenne Municipal - Gulfport AAF)
Assigned: 30 April 1944 - 3rd AF / 328th AAFBU (CCTS - Very Heavy) / D-4 - (Gulfport AAF)
( C4 ) white cowling ( P - C4 )
TDY: 19 March 1945 / 28 March 1945 - 3rd AF / III TAD / 347th AAFBU (CCTS - Tac Rcn) - (Key Field)
TDY: 24 August 1944 - ATSC / 4200th AAFBU (Fairfield ATSC) - (Chicago Municipal)
Assigned: 1 October 1945 - ATSC / 4124th AAFBU (San Antonio ATSC) - (Altus AAF)
Assigned: Monday, 29 October 1945 - RFC - (Altus AAF) - SOC.
STNO: 4524
Sold: 1946 - Jesse Lee Boland, Byrd Field, Virginia
no further history after 1950 - presumed scrapped
42-102800 (c/n: 8302). Available: 6 April 1944 - Boeing Aircraft Co, Seattle, Washington
Accepted: 6 April 1944
Assigned: 8 April 1944 - ATC / 7th Ferry Group - (Gore AAF)
Ferried: 8 April 1944 (Boeing Field - Gore AAF - Cheyenne Municipal)
Assigned: 12 April 1944 - United Airlines / Boeing Modification Center #10 - (Cheyenne Municipal)
Assigned: 20 April 1944 - ATC / 7th Ferry Group - (Gore AAF)
Project: DOM 93
Ferried: 29 April 1944 (Cheyenne Municipal - Gulfport AAF)
Assigned: 30 April 1944 - 3rd AF / 328th AAFBU (CCTS - Very Heavy) / D-4 - (Gulfport AAF)
( C4 ) white cowling ( P - C4 )
TDY: 19 March 1945 / 28 March 1945 - 3rd AF / III TAD / 347th AAFBU (CCTS - Tac Rcn) - (Key Field)
TDY: 24 August 1944 - ATSC / 4200th AAFBU (Fairfield ATSC) - (Chicago Municipal)
Assigned: 1 October 1945 - ATSC / 4124th AAFBU (San Antonio ATSC) - (Altus AAF)
Assigned: Monday, 29 October 1945 - RFC - (Altus AAF) - SOC.
STNO: 4524
Sold: 1946 - Jesse Lee Boland, Byrd Field, Virginia
no further history after 1950 - presumed scrapped
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Re: Another mystery B-17 43-37977
More info on Jesse Lee Boland (aka Master X). Quite a character! Note the article mentions two B-17s and a B-25:
http://www.virginialiving.com/virginian ... -master-x/
http://www.virginialiving.com/virginian ... -master-x/