Subject: Bomber Series--Boeing B-17 Fortress (13 of 27)

From: [email-masked] (joseph.f.baugher)
Date: 18 Aug 94 01:20:58 GMT

Nineteen Boeing-built B-17Fs were transferred to the RAF under 
Lend-Lease as Fortress II.  They were assigned the RAF serial numbers 
FA695 to FA713.  FA700 and FA711 were ex-USAAF 41-24599 and 42-5238, 
but I am unaware of the other USAAF serials.  

Most Fortress IIs were issued to RAF Coastal Command for use in 
patrolling the area around the British Isles in search of German 
submarines.  The Fortress II served with the following RAF Coastal 
Command squadrons: 

No. 59 Squadron 
No. 86 Squadron 
No. 206 Squadron 
No. 220 Squadron 
No. 251 Squadron (Met.) 
No. 517 Squadron (Met.) 
No. 519 Squadron (Met.) 
No. 521 Squadron (Met.) 

The Fortress II also served in samll numbers with the following RAF 
Bomber Command Squadrons: 

No. 214 Squadron 
No. 223 Squadron 

Sources:

  Flying Fortress, Edward Jablonski, Doubleday, 1965.

  Famous Bombers of the Second World War, Volume One, William
  Green, Doubleday, 1959.

  Boeing Aircraft Since 1916, Peter M. Bowers, Naval Institute
  Press, 1989.

  United States Military Aircraft Since 1909, Gordon Swanborough
  and Peter M. Bowers, Smithsonian, 1989.

  Boeing B-17E and F Flying Fortress, Charles D. Thompson,
  Profile Publications, 1966.

  American Combat Planes, Ray Wagner, Third Edition, Doubleday, 1982.

  Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II, Military Press, 1989.

  British Military Aircraft Serials, Bruce Robertson, Ian Allen, 1969.

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