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Serial #: 41-9090 Construction #: 2562 Civil Registration: N3142U Model: B-17E Name: The Sooner Status: Derelict Last info: 2002 |
History: Delivered to USAAF as 41-9090, 19??. - Ditched in fjord, Narsassuaq, Greenland, June 27, 1942 - On delivery to UK as The Sooner. Gary Larkins/Institute of Aeronautical Archeological Research, Auburn, CA, Mar. 10, 1995-2000. - Recovery planned. - Registered as N3142U. Robert E. Ready/Ultimate Sacrifice Memorial Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, 1998-2002. - Failed recovery attempt made, July 1999. |
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Photo Source(s): None. |
