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Serial #: 41-2446 Construction #: 2257 Civil Registration: None Model: B-17E Name: Swamp Ghost Status: see history Last info: 1999 |
History: Delivered to USAAF as 41-2446. - BOC: Dec. 6, 1941. - Assigned to 7th Bomb Group/22nd Bomb Squadron. - Forced landing, Agaiambo Swamp, Papua, New Guinea. -- Only minor damage, essentially complete. - Abandoned, Feb. 23, 1942-1991. Travis Historical Society, Travis AFB, CA, 1985-1994. - Recovery planned. David Tallichet/MARC, Chino, CA, 1999. - Reportedly acquired salvage rights, 1999. |