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TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
"702" |
YB |
- |
24 |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 40-702 | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | 00-5 |
N/A |
Starboard (Right) Side
Contributor - Brendan
Wood
At Wright Field (L-R): Col. K. B. Wolfe, Maj. L. F.
Harman, Henry Ford, C. E. Sorenson
Info Contributor - Al Blue
The sole YB-24, flown to Willow Run by Major L.F.
Harmon (who on 17 February 1940 was the first Army pilot to fly the XB-24) to
give Ford and Sorenson a close look at what they would be building.
The Army ordered 7 YB-24s (40-696 - 40-702) but before they were delivered to
the AAF the first six were sold to the British as LB-30Bs (AM258 - AM263) and
only the last of the 7 was delivered to the AAF as the one-and-only YB-24,
serial 40-702. The other six serials were then applied to the first six AAF
B-24Ds.
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