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Re: B-17 Bomber Returns to Long Beach (along with B-24)
Posted by Scott Thompson on Fri Apr 11, 2003 04:46:35 PM
In reply top B-17 Bomber Returns to Long Beach (along with B-24) posted by bdk on Fri Apr 11, 2003 02:01:53 PM
"In one of the ironies of war, more B-17s were built in Long Beach than Seattle where the aircraft was designed."
Ironically, make that 6,980 built by Boeing in Seattle, 3,000 built by Douglas at Long Beach, and 2,750 built by Lockheed at Burbank.