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Mar 22, 2023Liked by Dr Robert Lyman MBE

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Bernard, who in the war lived close to Kettering and other airfields. When did the B22 take over from the B19.?

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Thanks Bernard. Interestingly, by 1943 the B17 was an old aircraft - it was first rolled out in 1935 and was replaced initially by the B24 and then by the B29, which first flew in 1942.

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