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The Boeing B-17 named '5 Grand' to celebrate the 5,000th B-17 to roll off the production line at the Seattle factory since Pearl Harbor. It was signed by every employee at Plant 5. The crew that flew 5 Grand to England stated that the extra weight of the painted signatures, added with the extra drag created by them, caused the plane to fly 7 mph slower than a normal B-17G. The plane was not repainted before being sent into combat and it is claimed that the bizarre look of the B-17 attracted a lot of attention from the German fighters.