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| The Swoose | |
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| The Swoose in bare metal finish, 1944 | |
| Type | Boeing B-17D-BO Flying Fortress |
| Manufacturer | Boeing Airplane Company |
| Serial | 40-3097 |
| Owners and operators | USAF |
| In service | 25 April 1941 to February 1944 |
| Preserved at | Preserved and under restoration at the National Museum of the United States Air Force |
The Swoose is a B-17D-BO Flying Fortress, USAAF serial number 40-3097, that saw extensive use in the Southwest Pacific theatre of World War II and survived to become the oldest B-17 still intact. It is the only early "shark fin"-tailed B-17 known to exist, and the only surviving B-17 to have seen action in the 1941–42 Philippines Campaign, operating on the first day of the United States entry into the war.[1]
- ^ The "Swoose", rootsweb, 17 December 2003, retrieved 24 January 2010