The 20th. Fighter Group had (at some point during the war) two different B-17s, an A-20, two different P-47s, A Proctor, a Miles Magister, An Oxford Airspeed, a Beechcraft Staggerwing, A Norseman, a P-38 (long after they had converted over to the P-51), a Cessna Bobcat, a Vultee Vengeance, a field converted 2-seater P-51, a C-47 and a couple of others.
One of the B-17s, RB-17E #41-2578 (LC-Z) “Big Tin Bird” was a war weary vet with an amazing history, it had flown on with the 457thBG on the 8th’s first mission to Rouen, France — August 17th, 1944. It had entered service on 03-Mar-44 and was finally salvaged on 06-Aug-45.
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