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In October 2008, the cantonal police of Zurich, Switzerland purchased an undisclosed number of P30s for 1.6 million CHF (US$1.35 million), replacing the previously used SIG P228. [3] In late November 2008, the German Bundespolizei ordered 30,000 P30s with the option for another 5,000. Deliveries took place between summer 2009 and 2011. [4]
30 May 1943 A B-17F-45-BO, 42-5318, of the 464th Bomb Squadron, 331st Bomb Group, [35] out of Casper Army Air Field, Wyoming, piloted by James O. Westbury, [36] crashes into a mountainside ~10 miles NW of Covelo, California, during a training mission killing all six crew. Some wreckage remains at the site.
[1] The aircraft's gross weight was some 4,000 lb (1,800 kg) greater than a fully armed B-17. An indication of the burden this placed on the YB-40 is that while the B-17F on which it was based was rated to climb to 20,000 ft (6,100 m) in 25 minutes, the YB-40 was rated at 48 minutes.
The B-17B (299M) was the first production model of the B-17 and was essentially a B-17A with a slightly larger rudder, larger flaps, a redesigned nose and 1,200 hp (890 kW) R-1820-51 engines. The small, globe-like, machine gun turret used in the Y1B-17's upper nose blister was replaced with a .30 in (7.62 mm) machine gun, its barrel run through ...
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Thorpe Abbots was Station # 139 in operation from June 1942 to 1944 with its primary function as a B -17 base. Over the years two B-17s were assigned to Blakely and his crew. The first B-17F, assigned in 1942 was plane # 42 30061, named Just A Snappin. In August 1943 this plane was assigned to the Robert Wolff crew and became known as Wolff Pack.
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Initially equipped with the B-17F Flying Fortress, the 97th and 301st Bombardment Groups were flown from airfields in England to Algiers and Oran, Algeria in November 1942 after the Operation Torch landings. They were assigned to the 5th Bombardment Wing, XII Bomber Command, Twelfth Air Force. [1]