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WAC West Point - Des Moines
B-17F

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WAC West Point - Des Moines

It had originally been intended to name this B17 "WAC Buster" but the powers that be deemed the title as inappropriate. It was one of two B17s purchased in the April 1943 Bond Drive in Des Moines which collected $760,403 in just a single day.





 
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