Registration / Serial:42-5736
Alternate Serial:25736
Military Code:UX-C
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (299)
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Aircraft Version:Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress (V-139-3)
Licence-built by:Vega
C/n (msn):6032
City / Airport:Bassingbourn (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:May 1943 to August 1943
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:479056Submit Correction
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Escort version of the B-17F with extra guns. The flaw in the idea was the heavy YB-40s could not keep up the bombers once relieved of their bomb loads. The 21 pre-production YB-40s were withdrawn after only 14 missions. 42-5736, at one time called Tampa Tornado, was flown back to the US for scrapping. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland
Registration / Serial:42-5736
Alternate Serial:25736
Aircraft Version:Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress (V-139-3)
C/n (msn):6032
City / Airport:Bassingbourn (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:May 1943 to August 1943
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:42-5736
Alternate Serial:25736
Military Code:UX-C
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (299)
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Aircraft Version:Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress (V-139-3)
Licence-built by:Vega
C/n (msn):6032
City / Airport:Bassingbourn (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:May 1943 to August 1943
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:479056Submit Correction
View count: 280
Escort version of the B-17F with extra guns. The flaw in the idea was the heavy YB-40s could not keep up the bombers once relieved of their bomb loads. The 21 pre-production YB-40s were withdrawn after only 14 missions. 42-5736, at one time called Tampa Tornado, was flown back to the US for scrapping. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland
Registration / Serial:42-5736
Alternate Serial:25736
Aircraft Version:Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress (V-139-3)
C/n (msn):6032
City / Airport:Bassingbourn (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:May 1943 to August 1943
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive