Boeing B-17D The Swoose

In September 1941, this aircraft flew from Hawaii to the Philippines in the longest mass flight to date.

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Boeing B-17D
The Swoose

The Army Air Corps accepted this aircraft in April 1941 and assigned it to the 19th Bombardment Group at March Field, Calififornia. In May it participated in the first mass aircraft flight from the mainland U.S. to Hawaii.

 

 
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