BOEING B-17 FLYING FORTRESS

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1 Last updated 14 June 2018 BOEING B-17 FLYING FORTRESS 1963 Model 299 NX13372 Boeing Aircraft Co, Seattle WA: ff XB-17 crashed Wright Field, Dayton OH B-17D th BG, Philippines: BOC RB-17D (Ole Betsy, later The Swoose: used as personal aircraft of General George H. Brett, Australia and South America 42/44) City of Los Angeles CA: displ. Mines Field CA /49 Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 3.49/61 (del. Park Ridge IL.49 for storage, del. Pyote TX.50 for storage 50/53, del. Andrews AFB.53, open storage 53/61) NASM Store, Silver Hill MD: arr, stored dism. 4.61/08 USAFM, Wright Patterson AFB Dayton OH 7.08/18 (moved in sections 7.08 to Wright Patterson AFB, complete fuselage moved , under rest. 10/12) (exchange for USAFM s B-17 Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby ) 2249 B-17E (to RCAF as 9206): BOC : SOC LV-RTO Carlos J. Perez de Villa, Moron.47/48 (arr. Argentina 3.47 on del.) grounded Moron, due legal dispute.49/64 scrapped Moron B-17E forced landing, Agaiambo Swamp, Oro Province PNG in situ in swamp, complete, only minor dam. 42/04 Travis Historical Society, Travis AFB CA 85/94 (Swamp Ghost planned recov. project: not commenced) David C. Tallichet/ MARC, Chino CA: salvage rights 6.99/12 Alfred Hagen/ Aero Archaeology Ltd: salvage rights.01 Alfred Hagen & Robert Greinert syndicate: salvaged 5.06/11 (dism. in swamp 5.06, lifted out by Mi-8 chopper, barged to Lae for shipping to US, arr Lae wharf : export refused by PNG Government despite earlier approval, stored in two containers Lae 11.06, finally shipped from Lae to Long Beach CA 2.10, Planes of Fame, Chino CA: arr., loan /12 Pacific Aviation Museum, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu HI.12/18 (arr , displ. on belly outside museum, to be displ. in hangar in swamp diorama as ) 2406 B-17E Dow Field, Bangor ME: disposal as scrap.46 XC-108A stored cut-up, on farm La Grange ME 46/85 Steve Alex, Bangor ME.85 Michael W. Kellner, Crystal Lake IL: recov..85/18 (long-term rest. project at Galt Airport IL.85/92, then under rest. on farm Marengo IL 97/15, names Desert Rat and Tangerine found under nose paint, planned to be flown as Desert Rat) 2504 B-17E forced landing on ice cap, Greenland (My Gal Sal: on ferry flight to Britain) Gary Larkins/ Institute of Aeronautical Archaeological Research, Auburn CA.95 (recov. from ice cap, dism. and components lifted out by two choppers to a barge in a fjord shipped from Greenland to USA 8.95) Tillamook NAS Air Museum, Tillamook OR 95/99 (stored dism. in rest. hangar, Tillamook 99, with B-17F parts recov. from Alaska crash site.96) Robert E. Ready/ Ultimate Sacrifice Group, Cincinnati OH /12

2 (trucked ex Tillamook to Cincinnati-Blue Ash Airport OH, rest. for display as belly landing diorama, fuse. completed 04, displ. as My Gal Sal) National WWII Museum, New Orleans LA.12/ B-17E ditched in fjord, Narsassuaq, Greenland (The Sooner, on del. to Britain) N3142U Gary Larkins/ Institute of Aeronautical Archaeological Research, Auburn CA /00 Robert E. Ready/ Ultimate Sacrifice Group, Cincinnati OH.98/12 (unsuccessful recovery attempt 7.99) 2614 B-17E (to RCAF as 9205): BOC : SOC LV-RTP Carlos J. Perez de Villa, Moron.47/48 (arr. Argentina 3.47 on del.) grounded Moron, due legal dispute.49/64 scrapped Moron B-17E Honeywell Corp: loan, avionics development 44 University of Minnesota MN: memorial displ /52 N5842N Lysdale Flying Service, St. Paul MN Leeward Aeronautical Service, Ft. Wayne IN /55 CF-ICB Kenting Aviation, Toronto ONT /64 N9720F Four Star Aviation Inc, Miami FL CP-753 Compania Boliviana de Aviacion Ltda, La Paz Frigorificos Reyes, La Paz Super Tigre 74/90 port u/c collapsed taxying La Paz-El Alto crashed landing, San Borja (rebuilt) 8.76 Don Whittington/ World Jet Inc, Ft Lauderdale FL.89/90 (rest. La Paz, del. Bolivia-Ft Lauderdale 3.90) N8WJ World Jet Inc, Fort Lauderdale FL: del. 3.90/91 Scott D. Smith, Colorado Springs CO 11.91/95 The Air Station, Arlington WA.97/98 (rest to fly, Fort Lauderdale FL 90/98) Paul G. Allen/ Flying Heritage Collection WA /99 N12355 Flying Heritage Collection, Arlington WA /12 (del. ex Ft Lauderdale to Moses Lake WA 9.98, del. to Arlington WA.99 for further rest.) Vulcan Warbirds Inc, Seattle WA: reg / B-17E (to RAF as FL461: retained by USAAF as FL461) forced landed, Black Cat Pass, New Guinea substantially complete, broken back awaiting planned recov B-17F NX60475 Sperry Gyroscope Co, New York NY 45/46 N60475 Charles Babb & Co, New York NY CB-79 Lloyd Aero Boliviano - LAB, La Paz CP-579 Lloyd Aero Boliviano - LAB, La Paz LAB : op. by Frigorificos Grigota, La Paz crashed Uncio, Bolivia B-17F (324th BS Memphis Belle) TB-17F City of Memphis TN: purchased for $340 for display 3.46/60 (displ. outside National Guard Armory, Memphis) Memphis Airport TN: display in open 65/84 Memphis ANGB: complete static rest. 84/87 Mud Island Museum, Memphis TN 5.87/03 (displ. under cover as "124485/DF-A Memphis Belle") trucked dism. from Mud Island to Millington TN , static rest. at Millington-Municiple for future display in new museum at Memphis: but taken back by USAFM) USAFM, Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton OH.05/18 (arr. by road at Dayton for completion of rest., final painting began 11.17) 7944 B-17F ditched into lake, Poeskallavik, Sweden (-DL) located intact, planned salvage from lake.93

3 8296 B-17F Paul Mantz, Glendale CA (-DL) (ex War Assets Disposals, Searcy AFB OK) NC67974 Paul Mantz Air Service, Glendale CA 8.46/50 (flew.48 in movie Command Decision) Owen W. Williams/ California Atlantic Airways, St Petersburg FL CB-70 Lloyd Aero Boliviano - LAB, La Paz.51 CP-570 Lloyd Aero Boliviano - LAB, La Paz crashed La Paz-El Alto, Bolivia B-17F MGM Studios, Culver City CA: stored dism..45/70 (-DL) RB-17F Planes of Fame, Chino CA: stored dism..70/81 USAFM, Beale AFB CA: rest., displ..81/89 USAFM, Offutt AFB NE: arr. dism. 5.89/18 (static rest., displ. as "230230/L Homesick Angel") 8406 B-17F Montana State College, Bozeman MT 10.45/53 (-DL) TB-17F (del. to Bozeman-Gallatin Field 10.45, wings removed and N66574 towed to college 8.46: instructional airframe) Owen W. Williams/ California Atlantic Airways, St Petersburg FL /54 (moved to Gallatin Field.53, made airworthy for ferry flight to Florida for full rest.) Rutas Aereas del Peru SA - RAPSA, Lima /55 OB-RAH-346 RAPSA El Chasqui /58 (fitted cargo doors and 7 small fuselage slit windows) (CP-633) Empresa Eximas Ltda: painted on but ntu, not del N9815F Marshall M. Landy, Miami FL /59 (del. Lima to Miami 4.58) Aircraft Representation Inc AN-AMI Linea Aerea Borinquen, Borinquen 6.59 (painted at Miami 6.59 as AN-AMI Linea Aerea Borinquen with LAB logo, also reg. N9815F on tail) C-580 ntu: Colombian Government HK-580X Aeropesca Colombia.62 HK-580 Aeropesca Colombia 62 (rep. used on Government contract to transport prisoners) 8426 B-17F forced landing Malmo-Bulltofta, Sweden, interned (-DL) converted by SAAB to 13 seat airliner 45 SE-BAN Sweden International Airline - SILA Ted broken-up: struck-off register B-17F forced landing Malmo-Bulltofta, Sweden, interned (-DL) converted by SAAB to 13 seat airliner 43 SE-BAH A.B.A., Stockholm-Arlanda Sam wfu, burnt for fire practice B-17F UCA, College of Aeronautics, Santa Maria CA.46 (-VE) TB-17F (instr. airframe, Hancock Field, Santa Maria) N7942A Lysdale Flying Service, St. Paul MN 4.54 Minnesota Airmotive, Minneapolis MN L. B. Smith Aircraft Corp, Miami FL sold to Bolivia, struck-off USCR CP-686 Corporation Bolivia de Fuemento, La Paz 9.60 Lloyd Aero Boliviano - LAB written-off Trinidad, Bolivia B-17F Dept of Public Instruction, Clarkston WA.46/53 (-VE) TB-17F (instructional airframe, became derelict) Bob Sturges/ Columbia Airmotive Inc, Troutdale OR N1340N Bob Sturges/ Aero Enterprises Inc, Troutdale OR /64 (ferried Clarkston-Troutdale 2.54, then stored) (conv. to fire tanker at Klamath Falls 7.61, tanker #A34) op: Mel Lengren 7.61 Willis King Baker/ Aero Enterprises Inc, Willows CA, later Fresno CA (tanker #E34) /68 Aero Flite Inc, Cody WY /70 (tanker #A34)

4 B-17T (re-engined at Twin Falls ID.70 with 4 RR Dart turboprops Turbo- from an ex United Airlines Viscount which was ferried to Fortress Twin Falls.70 for stripping, B-17T ff Twin Falls ) crashed during fire bombing, West River Indian Reservation, Dubois WY (crew Ray Elgin & John Bastian k) 4896 B-17F City of Stuttgart AR: war memorial: Great White Bird 9.46/53 RB-17F Gerald C. Francis, Stuttgart AR.53 TB-17F N6015V Max & John Biegert, Lincoln NE 4.53 N17W Max L. Biegert, Lincoln NE: sprayer 3.54/61 (7 spray tanks, 2 F-94 underwing drop tanks) Central Aircraft Corp, Yakima WA: sprayer, leased 54/55 (large-scale mosquito spraying: kerosene & DDT mixture) Abe Sellard, Stafford AZ: leased 60/61 (conv. to fire tanker 5.60, tanker #E84) Abe's Aerial Service, Stafford AZ 10.61/63 Aviation Specialties Inc, Mesa AZ /85 (tanker #C84, later #C44, #44, #04) nn: Aircraft Specialties Inc, Mesa AZ 66/81 (flew.68 in movie 1000 Plane Raid, (one of 5 Aircraft Specialties B-17s flown to Hawaii for movie Tora Tora Tora, via Oakland CA ) nn: Globe Air Inc, Mesa AZ (tanker #04) /85 (sold at Globe Air closing down auction Mesa ) Bob Richardson/ Portage Bay Inc, Seattle WA /90 (del. Mesa to Seattle-Boeing Field ) (del. Duxford for movie Memphis Belle ) Museum of Flight, Seattle-Boeing Field WA 9.90/18 (del. to Renton WA 2.91 for rest. by Boeing: ff Renton as " Boeing Bee", del. to Boeing Field same day: maintained airworthy, moved to new display building ) 5291 B-17F (to Free French Air Force as ) (to Armee de l'air as ) Charlene/Bir Hakiem.45/55 (around the world goodwill flight, then transport use) F-BGSG Institut Geographique National, Creil.55/73 spares use only: remains scrapped at Creil B-17F forced landing, Rinkaby, Sweden, interned converted by SAAB to 14 seat airliner 45 SE-BAK Sweden International Airline - SILA, Stockholm Jim 9.45/46 retired, scrapped: struck-off Register B-17F Gary Larkins/ Institute of Aeronautical Archaeological Research, Auburn CA 96 (recov by Larkins ex crash site AK.96) Tillamook NAS Air Museum OR: fuse. 97/99 Arctic Warbirds, Fairbanks-Bradley Field AK: wings and other components 97/ B-17F CB-71 Lloyd Aero Boliviano - LAB, La Paz 50 CP-571 Lloyd Aero Boliviano - LAB, La Paz Aerovias Moxos written-off at Viacha, Bolivia B-17F forced landing Rinkaby, Sweden: interned conv. by SAAB to 14 seat airliner SE-BAM A. B. A., Stockholm-Arlanda Tom crashed, Mariefred B-17G st BG/401st BS/Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby forced landing Malmo-Bulltofta, Sweden: interned SE-BAP SAAB, reg. for flight test OY-DFA DDL-Danish Airlines Stig Viking /47 dam. gear-up landing Blackbushe UK (20 pax unhurt, repaired, del. to Copenhagen ) wfu by DDL

5 (to R Danish Army Air Corps as Store Bjoern) (to R Danish Navy as ) /52 (to R Danish AF as ) retired, stored Babb Co Inc, New York NY F-BGSH Institut Geographique National - IGN, Creil: del /72 last flight : retired Creil, became derelict 7.61/72 USAFM: hulk donated by French Government 1.72 (dism. Creil , trucked to Rhein-Main, airfreighted to Wright Patterson AFB , airfreighted to Dover AFB 7.78 for rest. 78/88) USAFM, Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton OH 10.88/18 (del. Dover AFB-Wright Patterson AFB , displ. as "232076/LL-E Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby") 8946 B-17G Martin Shaffner, Lake Zug, Switzerland.52/65 (recov. complete from Lake Zug 8.52, displ. various locations Switzerland.52/53) displ. St Gallen, Switzerland 68 displ. St Moritz, Switzerland.70/72 (displ. as "238160/G Lonesome Polecat") scrapped Suhr, Switzerland B-17G forced landing Malmo-Bulltofta, Sweden, interned converted by SAAB to 14 seat airliner SE-BAO Sweden International Airline - SILA Bob retired, broken-up Sweden: struck-off register B-17G ditched in fjord, Greenland.41 N9094V Gary R. Larkins/ Institute of Aeronautical Archaeological Research, Auburn CA /13 (unsuccessful recov. attempt.99) 8044 B-17G American Legion, Sioux City Airport IA 46 TB-17G (war memorial, displ. as Sioux City Sue) N5845N Lysdale Flying Service, St Paul MN 8.52 Aero Service Corp, Philadelphia PA /59 (visited RAF Idris, Libya 8.58) crashed landing Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 2.59 struck-off USCR B-17G Boy Scouts, Polo IL: memorial Polo Queen 9.46/52 TB-17G N66573 Owen W. Williams/ California Atlantic Airways, St Petersburg FL /53 (recov. ex memorial and made airworthy) Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Los Angeles CA /61 (fleet #33 Batmobile: survey contracts in Middle East and SE Asia) Ewing Aviation, Los Angeles CA /64 (tanker #E85) Black Hills Aviation, Spearfish SD, later Alamogordo NM /79 (tanker #A10, #B10, #C10, #10) crashed while fire bombing, Cayuse Saddle, near Superior MT Mountain Flying Museum, Missoula MT: parts 98 - B-17G Parks College, Cahokia IL: name LES on nose 46/50 (acquired ex War Assets Administration, flown to Cahokia: inst. airframe, USAAF markings /W3-D ) B-17G forced landing Sweden, interned (-DL) converted by SAAB to 14 seat airliner SE-BAR Sweden International Airline - SILA (did not enter service) OY-DFE D. D. L collided with aircraft landing, Kastrup

6 9300 B-17G Military Academy, Rogers County OK 46 Frank J. Abel Alvin B. Graff, Dallas TX N66568 Owen W. Williams/ California Atlantic Airways, St Petersburg FL CB-80 Lloyd Aero Boliviano - LAB, La Paz CP-580 Lloyd Aero Boliviano - LAB, La Paz crashed La Paz (rebuilt) CP-936 Frigorificos Reyes, La Paz 71 crashed, San Ignacio de Moxos, Bolivia B-17G N3702G National Metals Company, Phoenix AZ TB-17G Louis A. Kordish, Long Beach CA EB-17G Chas J. Fischer, Los Angeles CA ETB-17G Edgar A. Neely/ Fast-Way Air Service, TB-17G Long Beach CA /67 (conv. to fire tanker.60, tanker #E61) TBM Inc, Tulare CA (tanker #E61, #61) /79 Aero Union Corp, Chico CA USAFM, Castle AFB CA 11.79/18 (del. to Castle AFB ex Chico CA , displ. as "38635/A-N Virgin's Delight") 9728 B-17G N66570 Owen W. Williams/ California Atlantic Airways, St Petersburg FL 52 CB-97 Lloyd Aero Boliviano - LAB CP-597 Lloyd Aero Boliviano - LAB 55 collided with DC-3 CP-572 near Cochabamba, crashed dest. Trinidad, Bolivia (id. also quoted as ) 9956 B-17G Oregon State University, Corvallis OR.46/55 N4960V Robert M. Sturges/Columbia Airmotive Inc, Troutdale OR /58 broken-up for spares c58 Donald J. Wisler, Tampa FL: rest. to USCR / B-17G Government of Bolivia: ex Davis Monthan AFB 6.56/57 N7043C Hamilton Aircraft Co, Tucson AZ /59 dism. for spare parts at Tucson for Bolivian order B-17G Civil Air Patrol, Flushing MI: planned war memorial 48 N9407H International Air Corp (acquired by US aircraft broker for IGN, ferried to France) F-BDAT Institut Geographique National, Creil: del /50 crashed dest., Niamey, Niger, French West Africa B-17G Government of Bolivia: ex Davis Monthan AFB 6.56 (civil conv. by Hamilton Aircraft, Tucson AZ) CP-625 Lloyd Aero Boliviano - LAB, La Paz crashed San Lorenzo, Bolivia B-17G Cooley Service Station, Heron Lake MN 47/50s (-DL) (displ. at gas station, original USAAF 65237/BA-237 ) broken-up mid-50s, rear fuselage buried as a nuclear bomb shelter, later recov. and used as parts for rest ) B-17G Government of Bolivia: ex Davis Monthan AFB 6.56 (-DL) CB-17G (civil conv. by Hamilton Aircraft, Tucson AZ) VB-17G CP-627 Lloyd Aero Boliviano - LAB, La Paz 1.57/68 CB-17G crashed, La Paz-El Alto VB-17G (rebuilt, using parts of CP-580/ ) CP-891 Lloyd Aereo Boliviano - LAB, La Paz 9.69/70 Frigorifico Reyes, La Paz 75/80 op: Servicio Aereo Boliviano, La Paz 72 USAFM, March AFB CA: del. ex La Paz /18 (displ. " nd Patches", later "46393", static rest. & repaint 99 as USAAF Return to Glory,

7 further rest and repaint.17 as silver Starduster) B-17G Government of Bolivia: ex Davis Monthan AFB 6.56 (-DL) (civil conv. by Hamilton Aircraft, Tucson AZ) CP-624 Corporacion Boliviano de Fomento, La Paz crashed Reyes, Bolivia B-17G Federal Telecommunications Corporation, (-VE) TB-17G Teterboro NJ : leased ex USAF.52/59 ETB-17G wfu, del. Teterboro to Davis Monthan AFB AZ 3.59 JTB-17G N3701G American Compressed Steel, Cincinnati OH /60 Aero American Corp, Tucson AZ /61 (ferried from Davis Monthan to Ryan Field AZ, then Dallas-Love TX.60 for cargo door installation) Albany Building Corp, Fort Lauderdale FL op: Leroy Brown: freight ops. Bahamas 61 John B. Gregory, Fort Lauderdale FL Dothan Aviation Corp, Dothan AL: sprayer /79 dam. during fire-ant dusting, Cordele GA William D. Doc Hospers/ Vintage Flying Museum, Fort Worth-Meacham Field TX /10 (flew as "48543 Chuckie") Jerry Yagen/ Training Services Inc/ Military Aviation Museum, Virginia Beach VA 10.10/13 (del. to Virginia Beach ex Fort Worth TX ) Jack Aircardt Colelctiob/ Erickson Group Ltd/ Tillamook Air Museum OR /14 Erickson Aircraft Collection, Madras OR: opened /18 Fortress LLC, Beaverton OR: reg /18 (flies as 48543/JE Madras Maiden ) 8246 B-17G (351st BG Polebrook, 305th BG Chelveston) (-VE) RB-17G F-BGSP Institut Geographique National, Creil /85 (operational aerial mapping aircraft with USAF Europe, released to IGN.54) (ZS-DXM) ntu: South African survey operations.65 F-BGSP Institut Geographique National-IGN, Creil 65/85 F-AZDX IGN/ Association GMF/ Amicale J-B Salis/ Assoc. Forteresse Toujours Volante en France, La Ferte-Alais 7.85/18 (based Paris-Orly, flew as "48846/W Lucky Lady", based UK 6.89 for movie Memphis Belle, flew as "25703/DF-S Mother & Country") flew as "22955/ZQ-X Mother & Country" (port) "122960/G-MF The Pink Lady" (starboard); repainted 3.98 as "48846/DS-M The Pink Lady"; del. Paris-Orly to new base Saint-Yan, France ) retired from flying at La Ferte-Alais: to static displ / B-17G F-BGSO Institut Geographique National-IGN, Creil /71 (-VE) RB-17G (operational aerial mapping aircraft with USAF Europe, released to IGN.54) Musee de l'air, Paris-Le Bourget: del / B-17G N3678G M. L. Alison/ Aero Enterprises Inc, Elkhart IN /60 (-VE) CB-17G (purchased ex USAF Davis Monthan AFB AZ) VB-17G Multiple Management Corp, Long Beach CA 11.60/62 (fire tanker conv. completed 5.62, tanker #15C) hit mountain & dest., near Fallon NV (noted Winslow AZ 7.62 painted as "N3578G #15C", accident report quotes N3578G) B-17G Davis Monthan AFB AZ: retired for storage 12.56/59 (-DL) VB-17G Norton AFB CA: del. for planned museum 4.59/64 Tallmantz Aviation/ Movieland of the Air, Orange County CA: loan 64 20th Century Fox Studios CA: dism..64/66 (fuselage used as film prop. for TV series 12 O'Clock High as "11868", Chino CA)

8 dam. by movie "special effects", Chino.66 Black Hills Aviation, Spearfish SD.68 (complete fuse. on trailer at Spearfish 68, forward fuse. used to rebuild B-17 N6694C) Weeks Air Museum, Tamiami FL: fuse. hulk c83/01 (fuse. sections in Aero Trader storage yard, Ocotillo Wells CA 88/01) probably donated parts to composite B-17 diorama, Fantasy of Flight, Polk City FL "237994/BG-L" 96/04 - B-17G th Century Fox Studio CA: studio mockup for movie (-DL) Twelve O'Clock High.49 forward fuse hung in bar, Greeley CO 90/07 California Air Heritage Foundation, Auburn CA 2.07 National World War Two Museum, New Orleans LA 8.10/12 (rest. project at Auburn CA, using other recov. components, rear fuselage ex B-17F recov. from Alaska.96, to be displayed as Boeing Belle) B-17G N6180C USAF disposal, to aircraft dealer.59 (-DL) N131P Paramount Aquariums Inc, Vero Beach FL 60 (conv. to tropical fish transport by Hamilton Aircraft Co, at Tucson AZ) Air Carrier Leasing Corp, Miami FL struck-off USCR B-17G USAFM, Lackland AFB TX.50/18 (-DL) TB-17G (displ. as " Princess Pat", later "483512/H-T Heavens Above") B-17G Davis Monthan AFB AZ: del. for storage (-DL) RB-17G N9323Z Acme Aircraft Parts, Compton CA /60 DB-17G Western Air Industries, Anderson CA 11.60/62 DB-17P (conv. Redding CA.60 to fire tanker #E17) Aero Union Corp, Chico CA /78 (tanker #C17, #17) (rest. at Chico 77 to military config, flew as USAAF "483514/Class of 44" ) Confederate Air Force, Mesa AZ /00 dam. landing Burbank CA (repaired) nn: Commemorative Air Force, Midland TX.00/18 (flies as "483514/F Sentimental Journey") B-17G Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson AZ: del., storage 4.59 (-DL) DB-17G last B-17 held at Davis Monthan AFB: displ. 64/67 N83525 Tallmantz Aviation, Orange County CA: del (flew in movie 1000 Plane Raid, Santa Maria CA 1.68 as "25053/KY-L Balls of Fire") (N4250) N83525 ntu: Tallmantz Aviation Tallmantz Aviation/ International Flight & Space Museum, Orange County CA 68/72 I. N. "Junior" Burchinall, Paris-Flying Tiger Field TX 10.72/83 (displ. at Flying Tiger Air Museum, Paris TX, flew.76 for movie MacArthur as "KY-L Suzy Q", then loaned to museums at Kissimmee FL and Eloy AZ) Kermit Weeks/ Weeks Air Museum, Tamiami FL /99 (del. to Tamiami FL , ex open storage Paris TX, static displ. as "KY-L Suzy Q") badly dam. Tamiami FL by Hurricane Andrew (broke tie-down ropes, blown a mile from the airfield, long-term rest. to fly, Kissimmee FL 93/04) Kermit Weeks/ Fantasy of Flight, Polk City FL 99/18 (stored dism. in South Shed, Fantasy of Flight 14) B-17G (to USN as Bu34114): BOC : SOC 7.56 (-DL) PB-1W (N5235V) ntu: American Compressed Steel Corp N7726B American Compressed Steel Corp, Dallas TX /58 Hamilton Aircraft Co, Tucson AZ Morgan Aviation, Houston TX

9 Four M Inc, Houston TX Howard M. Trussel, Houston TX /61 OB-SAB-576 Empresa Andoriente S.A., Lima /63 crashed and dest., Rioja, Peru B-17G N9324Z Acme Aircraft Parts, Compton CA (-DL) DB-17G Western Air Industries, Anderson CA 11.60/62 DB-17P (conv. to fire tanker 10.61, tanker #E16) Aero Union Corp, Anderson, later Chico CA /71 (tanker #C18, #E18) crashed during forced landing, near Benson AZ Desert Air Parts, Tucson AZ: wreck 75/82 New England Air Museum CT: not collected Kermit A Weeks, Miami FL: wreck 87/17 (dam. fuse. stored Ocotillo Wells CA 88/94, moved to Kissimmee FL.94, rest.. by Tom Reilly at Kissimmee as a walk-through exhibit painted as "237994/LB-G Piccadilly Princess", remainder of wreck stored Kissimmee in Reilly yard 03) Kermit Weeks/ Fantasy of Flight, Polk City FL: exhibit 00/ B-17G Davis Monthan AFB AZ: del. for storage 10.54/59 (-DL) CB-17G N3703G National Metals Company, Phoenix AZ VB-17G Edgar A. Neely/ Fast-Way Air Service, Long Beach CA /67 (conv. to fire tanker 7.60, #E75, later #E78) TBM Inc, Tulare CA /82 (tanker #E78, later #E68) David C. Tallichet/ MARC, Chino CA: USCR /15 (flew as USAAF "230604/LN-T") USAFM, March AFB CA: loaned for periods 83/91 (rest. Chino 88/89 as " Memphis Belle". del. Duxford for movie Memphis Belle ) dam. taxy accident Fayetteville NC (repaired) op: American Airpower Museum, Farmingdale NY.00/07 (flies as "124485/DF-A Memphis Belle", later Movie Memphis Belle) The Liberty Foundation, Tulsa OK.12 (flying tour of USA 13-16) National Warplane Museum, Geneseo NY: loan.16/ B-17G USAFM, Offutt AFB NE: del. 5.59/98 (-DL) DB-17G Strategic Air Command Museum, Ashland NE: moved 5.98/01 DB-17P nn Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland NE 6.01/15 (displ. as "23474/EP-B King Bee", later /QJ-S ) B-17G American Compressed Steel, Cincinnati OH /60 (-DL) CB-17G (purchased ex open storage Davis Monthan AFB AZ) VB-17G N9563Z Aero American Corp, Tucson AZ /63 (ferried from Davis Monthan to Ryan Field AZ, then Dallas-Love TX.60 for cargo door installation) Columbia Pictures Inc, New York NY /63 (turrets re-fitted at Ryan Field AZ, ferried to England for movie The War Lover: arr. Gatwick , dep. Gatwick on del. back to USA: stored Tucson-Ryan Field AZ 62/63) Aviation Specialties Inc, Mesa AZ /85 (conv. to fire tanker #E24, later #C24, #24, #89) nn: Aircraft Specialties Inc, Mesa AZ 66/85 (one of 5 Aircraft Specialties B-17s flown to Hawaii for movie Tora Tora Tora, via Oakland CA ) nn: Globe Air Inc, Mesa AZ /85 (tanker #89) National Warplane Museum, Geneseo NY 10.85/98 (sold at Globe Air closing down auction Mesa , conv. to military config: flew as "297400/E Fuddy Duddy") Wings of Eagles Discovery Centre, Elmira NY.98/05 (group restructure, moved base.98 to Elmira-Corning NY) American Airpower Museum, Farmingdale NY: loan

10 Experimental Airplane Association: loan for US tour.05 William Lyons/ Martin Aviation Inc/ Lyon Air Museum. Santa Ana-John Wayne CA /15 (arr. John Wayne on del. ex NY 1.06, maintained airworthy, flies as /E Fuddy Duddy ) B-17G used for atomic tests, Yucca Flats NV.52 (-DL) B-17H (abandoned at desert test site 52/65) TB-17H Valley Scrap Metal, Phoenix AZ 4.65 SB-17G N93012 Abe Sellards/ Aircraft Specialties Inc, Mesa AZ /81 (rebuilt test site NV, ferried to Mesa ; stored unconv. Mesa as spares source 68/77; conv. to tanker Mesa.77, #99 Lady Yucca) nn: Globe Air Inc, Mesa AZ 4.81/85 (tanker #99) Bob Collings/ Collings Foundation, Stow MA 10.85/15 (sold at Globe Air closing down auction Mesa , del. Mesa-Kissimmee FL for rest., ff Kissimmee 7.87 as "231909/A-R Nine-O-Nine") crashed during landing, Beaver County PA (repaired, del. New Smyrna Beach FL 1.91 for full rebuild as "231909/OR-R Nine-O-Nine") undercarriage collapse Sioux City IA (rebuilt) dam. by severe hailstorm while parked Addison TX (repaired, flies as "231909/OR-R Nine-O-Nine") B-17G Government of Bovilia: ex Davis Monthan AFB.56 (-DL) N7046C Hamilton Aircraft Co, Tucson AZ dism. for spare parts at Tucson for Bolivian order B-17G Government of Bolivia: ex Davis Monthan AFB 6.56 (-DL) N7044C Hamilton Aircraft Co, Tucson AZ dism. for spare parts at Tucson for Bolivian order B-17G USAFM, Wright-Patterson AFB OH: del /89 (-DL) MB-17G (displ. as "483624/VE") TB-17P USAFM, Dover AFB DE: arr. dism. in C-5A /18 DB-17P (static rest. at Dover AFB completed 95, displ. inside hangar as " /VE-L Sleepy Time Gal") B-17G Government of Bolivia: ex Davis Monthan AFB 6.56 (-DL) N7042C Hamilton Aircraft Co, Tucson AZ dism. for spare parts at Tucson for Bolivian order B-17G (to FA Brasileira as B ) 5.51 (-DL) TB-17G USAFM, Wright-Patterson AFB OH: stored 10.68/73 (arr. Wright-Patterson on del. ex Brazil ) N47780 USAFM: loan David C. Tallichet/ Yesterdays Air Force, Chino CA /86 Yesterdays Air Force, St.Petersburg FL: loan, del /86 USAFM, Hill AFB UT: arr. dism /18 (rest., displ. as " Short Bier") B-17G last operational USAF B DB-17G Davis Monthan AFB AZ: del. for storage 8.59 DB-17P N3713G Ed Maloney/ Air Museum, Claremont CA /75 later Ontario CA, later Chino CA (used in TV series 12 O'Clock High, Chino CA 64/66, flew as "23921/HP-V Piccadilly Lilly"; later flew in other movies, wfu Chino.75) Ed Maloney/ Air Museum/ Planes of Fame, Chino CA 75/15 (static displ. as "483684/HP-V/A Picadilly Lilly II", static rest. and repaint 05) N3713G Air Museum, Chino CA: rest. USCR /18 (long-term rest. to fly at the museum by 2013) B-17G USAFM, Grissom AFB IN.61/15 (-DL) DB-17G (displ. as Flack Jacket, later "48385/WF-V Tarnished Angel", DB-17P "231255/XK-D Miss Liberty Belle" and /O )

11 USAFM, Robins AFB GA.15/18 (dism. Grissom for move to Robins AFB GA.15, at Robins AFB under rest. 9.16) B-17G (to FA Brasileira as B ): BOC.55, wfu (-DL) TB-17H Natal AB, Brazil: displ. 70/80 SB-17G Museu Aeroespacial, Campo dos Afonsos, Rio.80/15 (dam. during shipping from Natal to Rio, stored dism. in museum storage hangar 80/08 awaiting rest., not seen in museum hangars by 2015) (id also has been quoted) B-17G used for atomic tests, Yucca Flats NV.52 (-DL) B-17H (abandoned at desert test site 52/65) TB-17H Valley Scrap Metal, Phoenix AZ: hulk 4.65 SB-17G Aircraft Specialties Inc, Mesa AZ.65/81 (trucked NV-Mesa 5.65, stripped for spares) nn: Globe Air, Mesa AZ: stripped hulk 2.81/85 Weeks Air Museum, Tamiami FL.85/02 (sold at Globe Air closing down auction Mesa , dism. hulk stored in Aero Trader yard, Ocotillo Wells CA 88/01) prob. donated parts to composite B-17 diorama, Fantasy of Flight, Polk City FL "237994/BG-L" 96/01 Tom Reilly Vintage Aircraft, Kissimmee FL 01/05 (basic airframe advertised for sale as rest. project 12.02) Jerry Shiffer/ B-17 Project Inc, Urbana OH.05/15 (10 year rebuild to fly using components of at Urbana-Grimes Field, first trailer load of components arrived Urbana from storage at Kissimmee: planned rest. for Champaign Air Museum, Urbana OH) (for subsequent details see below) B-17G Institut Geographique National, Creil (-DL) (purchased from US War Assets Administration in open storage at Altus OK: ferried to France) F-BEED Institut Geographique National, Creil Denise /73 retired Creil.62, stripped for parts.62/ B-17G NL68269 Transocean Air Lines Inc, Oakland CA (-DL) (purchased ex War Assets Administration, open storage at Altus OK; conv. to executive config. at Oakland, airstair door, passenger windows with curtains) Col. Andres Soriano/San Miguel Brewery, Manila, Philippines: San Miguel.47/49 N68269 Assembly of God Inc, Springfield MO /51 Ambassador 2 (executive interior modified, flew to Mexico 1.50 then visited 37 other countries on church business) Leeward Aeronautical, Fort Wayne IN to Armee de l Air as F-URET The Ambassador.51/52 (French AF VIP transport, civil colour scheme) F-BDRS Institut Geographique National, Creil /75 (retired Creil, stripped hulk Creil by 72/73) Ted White & Don Bullock/ Euroworld Ltd, Duxford 1.75 Imperial War Museum, Duxford: arr. dism..75/18 (rest., displ. as "231983/IV-G Mary Alice", rest. and repaint 11/13, displ. without name) B-17G Government of Bolvia (-DL) (civil conv. by Hamilton Aircraft, Tucson AZ) CP-623 Lloyd Aero Boliviano, La Paz crashed La Paz-El Alto B-17G NL5024N D. L. Spivey, Findlay OH (-DL) Charles T. Winters, Miami FL A. Schwimmer, Miami FL (to Israeli D.F.A.F. as...) 6.48/58

12 Israeli Aircraft Industries, Tel Aviv-Lod.58/61 wfu, broken-up Tel Aviv-Lod B-17G N5198N Texas Railway Equipment Corp 50 (-DL) Institut Geographique National, Creil F-BDRR Institut Geographique National, Creil /73 retired Creil, stripped for parts.62/ B-17G Government of Bolivia: ex Davis Monthan AFB 6.56 (-DL) N7041C Hamilton Aircraft Co, Tucson AZ dism. for spare parts at Tucson for Bolivian order B-17G Government of Bolivia: ex Davis Monthan AFB 6.56 (-DL) N7040C Hamilton Aircraft Co, Tucson AZ dism. for spare parts at Tucson for Bolivian order B-17G N809Z Atlantic General Enterprises, Washington DC /62 (-DL) CB-17G Intermountain Aviation Inc, Marana AZ /75 VB-17G (CIA operations, fitted Fulton Skyhook in nose for personnel recovery: flew to North Pole.62 for secret mission to drop 2 agents at Soviet Ice Station then retrieve them 3 days later) left gear collapsed landing, Marana AZ (featured in movie Thunderball in 65 when made Skyhook retrieval of James Bond & girlfriend from sea) (conv. to fire tanker Marana 7.69, #C22, #C71, #B71) Evergreen Helicopters, Marana A ORZ /78 (tanker #71) N207EV Evergreen Helicopters, Marana AZ /92 (tanker #22) Evergreen Heritage Collection, Marana AZ /12 (rest. to military config., Marana AZ.89-90, flew as "483785/K Shady Lady") Evergreen Aviation Educational Institute, McMinnville OR: displ. 02/15 Collings Foundation, Stowe MA 8.15/18 (dep. McMinnville on del. to New Smyrna Beach FL for rest. prior to joining the Collings flying fleet) note: N809Z was originally registered using id Atlantic General Enterprises, a CIA associated company, notified FAA in May 1961 that in fact the correct id. was : USAF B-17G was operated by Western Enterprises Inc (another CIA associate company) during 1957 for a mission based at Kurmitola AB, East Pakistan to parachute agents into Tibet. It arrived at Clark Field, Philippines from Taiwan, painted all glossy black, with 531 & 639 interchangeable serials on the fin, a belly door replaced the ball turret. It flew long classified missions from Clark then retired at Clark 12.57, stripped for parts then scrapped at Clark AFB B-17G wheels-up landing on frozen Dyke Lake, Labrador (-DL) (sank when ice thawed) located almost intact (5429N/6612W).70 Tom Wilson & Don Brooks, Atlanta GA 9.04/10 (relocated 7.98, salvage rights negotiated 98/04; salvaged from lake , trucked to Douglas GA 9.04) (long-term rest. to fly at Douglas GA) B-17G Government of Bolivia: ex Davis Monthan AFB 6.56 (-DL) CB-17G (civil conv. by Hamilton Aircraft, Tucson AZ) PB-1R CP-626 Corporacion Boliviano de Fomento, La Paz VB-17G crashed Caranavi, Bolivia B-17G NL5014N D. L. Spivey, Findlay OK (-DL) Universal Aviation, Tulsa OK Levin & Co, Hollywood CA A. Schwimmer, Miami FL (to Israeli AF/IDFAF as.) c6.48/58 Israeli Aircraft Industries, Tel Aviv-Lod.58 N9814F Bernard B. Azarow, New York NY.58 (impounded Algeria 3.58 en route USA carrying arms:

13 returned to Israel) Israeli Aircraft Industries, Tel Aviv-Lod 60 wfu, broken-up, Tel Aviv-Lod.60 Columbia Pictures Corp, New York NY: fuse. only.61 (fuse. arr. London-Croydon 4.61 as film prop for interior scenes for movie The War Lover) broken-up at Middlesex scrapyard c B-17G North Dakota Public School District, Hazen ND.47/51 (-DL) N66571 Owen W. Williams/ California Atlantic Airways, St Petersburg FL /53 (acquired from the school, made airworthy, (arr. Pakistan for survey, ret. to Canada 2.53, N66571 ferried via Prestwick ) Kenting Aviation Ltd, Toronto ONT CF-HBP Kenting Aviation Ltd, Toronto ONT /71 (CF-HBP returned to Pakistan 11.53, visited Prestwick on survey ops.) op for: Photographic Survey Corp, Toronto ONT 54/60 (flew freight for Alaskan DEW Line project 3.55) op for: Hunting Aerosurveys Canada 55/56 (No.1 engine fire over Pacific Ocean enroute Christmas Island-Bora Bora, returned to RAF Christmas Island for repair; flew Fiji-Auckland-Sydney-Biak during a magnetometer survey of Pacific Ocean areas) N66571 Arnold Kolb/ Black Hills Aviation, Spearfish SD, later Alamogordo NM /82 (fire tanker #A18, #18, #C13, #09) NASM, Washington DC /02 Pima County Air Museum, Tucson AZ: loan 82/84 (displ. as USAAC "483814") NASM: arr. dism. Washington-Dulles: stored /08 Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum, Savannah GA: arr. dism. by road /18 (rest. inside museum 11/15 as City of Savannah) B-17G NL1212N Bon Sturges/ Columbia Airmotive Inc, Troutdale OR 5.47 (-DL) (purchased ex RFC Aktus AFB OK) Charles Babb Inc, Burbank CA 2.48 Al Schwimmer, Miami FL 6.48 Charles T. Winters, Miami FL: for Govt of Israel 48 (dep on del. to Israel with false reg NL7712M ) impounded on del. at Portuguese Azores (to FA Portuguesa as...) based Azores c B-17G NL1098M D. L. Spivey, Findlay OH (-DL) Al Schwimmer, Miami FL Charles T. Winters, Miami FL Ervin L. Johnson, Miami FL (to IDFAF as...) 6.48/58 Israeli Aircraft Industries, Tel Aviv-Lod.58/61 wfu, broken-up, Tel Aviv-Lod B-17G (to USN as Bu77226): BOC : SOC (-DL) PB-1W N7228C Aero Service Corp., Philadelphia PA /62 (unconv., spares source Philadelphia) Columbia Airmotive, Troutdale OR /63 King Baker Inc, Willows CA (tanker #B31) Aero Enterprises Inc, Fresno CA /66 Aero Fite Inc, Cody WY /67 crashed firebombing near Kalispell MT B-17G (to USN as Bu77227): BOC : SOC (-DL) PB-1W (N6461D) ntu: American Compressed Steel Corp N5226V American Compressed Steel Corp, Dallas TX /62 (unconv. "USN XD-5", Dallas-Love 58/60) Von E. Carstedt/ C-Air, Long Beach CA /64 (conv. for aerial spraying 62)

14 Sun Coast Canning Co, Tampa FL.64 Zambrana Airmotive Corp, Miami FL CP-742 Compania Boliviana de Rutas Aereas, La Paz 6.64 crashed Santa Ana, Beni, Bolivia B-17G (to USN as Bu77228): BOC : SOC (-DL) PB-1W (final stored PB-1,"TE-14", Litchfield Park 58) (N6462D) ntu: American Compressed Steel Corp N5228V American Compressed Steel Corp, Dallas TX /58 Ben W. Widfeldt, San Francisco CA Max Biegert/ Biegert Bros, Phoenix AZ Wimaga Traders Inc, St. Petersburg FL Gaines English, St. Petersburg FL.60 Charles Pankow, Largo FL Loffland Brothers Company of Peru, Tulsa OK OB-LIN-623 Loffland Brothers del Peru S.A., Lima /62 OB-SAC-623 Empresa Andoriente S.A., Lima OB-R-623 Empresa Andoriente S.A., Lima CP-767 Compania Bolivianao de Rutas Aereas, La Paz /67 crashed Santa Ana, Bolivia B-17G (to USN as Bu77229): BOC : SOC (-DL) PB-1W (N6463D) ntu: American Compressed Steel Corp N5227V American Compressed Steel Corp, Dallas TX /58 G. J. Towle, Alamo CA /63 (civil conv. for spraying 4.58; fire bombing tank installed 9.60) Bellomy Aviation, Miami FL 10.63/64 sold to Bolivia: struck-off USCR CP-741 Compania Boliviana de Rutas Aereas, La Paz.64 crashed San Borja, Bolivia B-17G (to USN as Bu77231): BOC : SOC (-DL) PB-1W (N6464D) ntu: American Compressed Steel Corp N5233V American Compressed Steel Corp, Dallas TX /60 (open storage unconv., Dallas-Love 58/60) Marson Equipment & Salvage Co, Tucson AZ /61 Aero Union Corp, Anderson CA /62 Rogue Flying Services, Medford OR /63 (conv. to fire tanker Medford 7.62, #F71) Aero Ag Inc, Medford OR /69 (tanker #F71, #71) Idaho Aircraft Corp, Boise ID 71 Aero Union Corp, Chico CA /75 (tanker #D1, #18) USAFM, Eglin AFB FL: del /18 (displ. as " Wicked Wanda", later "46106/H-X Gremil's Hideout", later /C ) B-17G (to USN as Bu77232): BOC : SOC (-DL) PB-1W (N6465D) ntu: American Compressed Steel Corp N5234V American Compressed Steel Corp, Dallas TX XB-BOE Mexicana Aero Foto, Mexico City /63 (noted at Mexico City 5.59) N5234V Mark Hurd Aerial Surveys, Goleta CA Cal Nat Airways, Grass Valley CA /66 N73648 Cal Nat Airways, Grass Valley CA 66 (rebuilt Grass Valley, conv. to tanker #B11) Arnold Kolb/ Black Hills Aviation, Spearfish SD /72 (tanker #E56) crashed dest. during fire bombing, Socorro NM (note: N73648 rep. rebuilt Spearfish.69 as composite using fuselage & wings of B-17F ; nose & tail of and parts of XA-BEC (unident.) B-17G (to USN as Bu77233): BOC : SOC (-DL) PB-1W (ff Long Beach CA , ferried to NAS Johnsville PA for conv. to PB-1W) retired NAS Litchfield Park AZ, 3484 hours /57

15 American Compressed Steel Corp, Dallas TX (N6466D) ntu: American Compressed Steel Corp.58 N5237V American Compressed Steel Corp, Dallas TX /60 (ferried to Dallas-Love Field as N5237V, stored unconv. as midnight blue "Navy XD-2 Hell Wagon".58/60) Ashland Corp, Tucson AZ Marson Equipment & Salvage Co, Tucson AZ /61 Aero Union Corp, Anderson CA Calvin J. Butler/ Butler Farm Air/ Butler Aircraft Co, Redmond OR 12.61/73 (conv. for fire bombing 5.62; spraying 8.62) (tanker #E15, later #F15, #65) struck trees during fire bombing run, Carson WA TBM Inc, Sequoia CA (tanker #65) 77/83 (retired from fire bombing.81, rest. by TBM back to military, ff Sequoia as "483868/N") RAF Museum, Hendon.83/18 (del. from USA to RAF Bize Norton , engines exchanged with G-BEDF, then dism. at Stansted, by road to Hendon , displ. as "483868/N") B-17G (to USN as Bu77235): BOC : SOC (-DL) PB-1W NAS Litchfield Park AZ: arr. for storage TT 3257 hrs /58 N7227C Aero Service Corp, Philadelphia PA /67 (op. on survey work, by Aeroflex: wfu 10.63) Confederate Air Force, Mercedes TX, later Harlingen TX, later Midland TX /01 (flew as " Texas Raiders", ) later "483872/VP-X Texas Raiders") nn: Commemorative Air Force, Midland TX 1.01/18 (overhaul Houston-Hobby 01/10, ff , flown out ) B-17G (to USN as Bu77236): BOC : SOC (-DL) PB-1W CF-JJH Kenting Aviation Ltd, Toronto ONT 6.57/62 (ferried to Oshawa ONT.57, planned conv. for aerial survey, but stored then stripped for engines and parts, noted derelict Oshawa 9.58 military markings) broken-up, Oshawa ONT B-17G (to USN as Bu77237): BOC : SOC (-DL) PB-1W (N6467D) ntu: American Compressed Steel Corp N5236V American Compressed Steel Corp, Dallas TX /62 nosed over on landing Dallas-Love Field, during del. flight ex NAS Litchfield Park AZ.58 (open storage unconv. Dallas-Love 58/62, all props bent & wingtip dam.) Von Carstedt/ Carstedt Air, Long Beach CA broken-up, Dallas-Love Field TX B-17G (to USN as Bu77238): BOC : SOC (-DL) PB-1W (N6468D) ntu: American Compressed Steel Corp N5231V American Compressed Steel Corp, Dallas TX Hamilton Aircraft Co, Tucson AZ CP-640 Aerovias Tunari.58 Aerovias Moxos Compania Boliviano de Aviacion Ltda, La Paz 12.64/67 crashed La Paz-El Alto B-17G (to USN as Bu77240): BOC : SOC (-DL) PB-1W (N6469D) ntu: American Compressed Steel Corp N5232V American Compressed Steel Corp, Dallas TX /61 (stored unconv., Dallas-Love Field 58/61) Aero American Corp, Tucson AZ (ferried Dallas-Tucson AZ 9.61 for civil conv., del. to UK via Lisbon arr. London-Gatwick for movie The War Lover: flew as "127723/DF-F") Columbia Pictures Inc, New York NY 10.61/62 broken-up to avoid import duty, Manston.62

16 32524 B-17G (to USN as Bu77243): BOC : SOC (-DL) PB-1W (N6470D) ntu: American Compressed Steel Corp N5229V American Compressed Steel Corp, Dallas TX /61 (stored unconv., Dallas-Love Field 58/61) Aero American Corp, Tucson AZ (ferried Dallas-Tucson AZ 9.61 for civil conv., del. to UK via Lisbon, arr. London-Gatwick for movie The War Lover : flew as "127741/DF-V") Columbia Pictures Inc, New York NY 10.61/62 dam. tail wheel collapsed, Manston 1.62 broken-up to avoid import duty, Biggin Hill B-17G (to USN as Bu77244): BOC : SOC (-DL) PB-1W (N6471D) ntu: American Compressed Steel Corp N5230V American Compressed Steel Corp, Dallas TX /60 (stored unconv. "XD-10", Dallas-Love 58/61) Marson Equipment & Salvage Co, Tucson AZ 10.60/61 Aero Union Corp, Anderson CA, later Chico CA /79 (tanker #C19, #E19, #19) USAFM, Barksdale AFB LA: del..80/18 (displ. as " Yankee Doodle II", later " Yankee Doodle II", "333284", "BN-R", /U8-K Yankee Doodle II, repainted.10 as " Miss Liberty") 8416 B-17G Esperado Mining Co, Altus OK: for scrap (-VE) N5116N Robert R. McCormick/ Chicago Tribune Newspaper, Chicago IL /52 (executive conv. with beds, desk, library etc, swivel easy chair in nose: business flights to Europe, Africa, South America, Caribbean) Mark Hurd Mapping Co, Minneapolis MN crashed in Nevada desert B-17G (to FA Brasileira as B ) 6.53/68 (-VE) TB-17H FAB SAR operations based Recife: wfu TT 5596 hrs SB-17G Recife AB, Brazil: displ. as FAB B SAR 3.73/ B-17G Institut Geographique National, Creil: ex USAF (-VE) F-BGSQ Institut Geographique National, Creil /72 retired Creil, stripped for parts: broken-up B-17G Davis Monthan AFB AZ: del. for storage 8.59 (-VE) EDB-17G 96th BG Memorial Association, Abilene TX 50/60 DB-17G Municiple Airport, Abilene TX: del /74 DB-17P (displ. as "0-5599/X Black Hawk") USAFM, Dyess AFB, Abilene TX.74/18 (rest., displ. as "485599/A", later "238133/OA-W The Reluctant Dragon") 8509 B-17G N3696G reg. (-VE) N3701G (1 Associated Air Transport Inc, Miami FL 60 crashed dest., Mastic Point, Andros Island, Bahamas B-17G Institut Geographique National, Creil (-VE) (purchased from US War Assets Administration in open storage at Altus OK: ferried to France) F-BEEA Institut Geographique National - IGN, Creil /89 Chateau de Verneuil (aerial survey Europe & Africa, Port Moresby PNG 67) based UK 6.89 for movie Memphis Belle) crashed dest. by fire, RAF Binbrook B-17G (to USN as Bu 77138): BOC 1.46: SOC 7.56 (-VE) PB-1W (N6460D) ntu: American Compressed Steel Corp N5225V American Compressed Steel Corp, Dallas TX /60 American Turbine Engine Co, Long Beach CA.60 (noted unconv.,"usn/te", Long Beach 60;

17 Carstedt Air, Long Beach CA 62/64 (noted Long Beach 2.62, civil scheme as sprayer) Sun Coast Canning Co, Lakeland FL crashed, dest., Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic B-17G Government of Bolivia: ex Davis Monthan AFB 6.56 (-VE) N7045C Hamilton Aircraft Co, Tucson AZ /57 dism. for spare parts at Tucson for Bolivian order 8627 B-17G Reconstruction Finance Corp, Altus OK (-VE) Institut Geographique National, Creil (purchased from US War Assets Administration, in open storage at Altus OK: ferried to France) F-BEEC Institut Geographique National - IGN, Creil /65 ZS-EEC I.G.N./ International Aviation Services, Pretoria: Charlotte 2.65 F-BEEC I.G.N., Creil /84 (retired Creil.78, open storage Creil.78/84 G-FORT Douglas W. Arnold/ Warbirds of Great Britain, Blackbushe /86 (del. to Blackbushe ex France) Stephen Grey/ Patina Ltd, Duxford.86/87 N900RW Robert L. Waltrip/ Air SRV Inc/ Lone Star Flight Museum, Houston-Hobby TX, later Galveston TX /18 (del. Duxford to Houston TX , 4 year rest. at Hobby to military configuration, flew as "238050/BN-U Thunderbird") 8637 B-17G NX4600 Trans World Airlines, Kansas City MO (-VE) Model (purchased ex War Assets Administration, 299AB open storage at Altus OK; conv. to executive Model 299AB by Boeing at Seattle.46, flew airline executives to IATA conference at Cairo, via Dublin ) NL1B Trans World Airlines (Fleet #242) /47 EP-HIM Shah of Persia, Tehran 4.47 F-BGOE Institut Geographique National - IGN, Creil /70 last flight : broken-up at Creil B-17G Institut Geographique National, Creil (-VE) (purchased from US War Assets Administration in open storage at Altus OK: painted F-BEEB at Altus by 12.47, ferried to France) F-BEEB Institut Geographique National - IG, Creil /49 crashed dest., Yaounde, Cameroun B-17G Esperado Mining Co, Altus OK: for scrap (-VE) Model N5111N Pratt & Whitney Engines, Hartford CT 11.47/67 299Z (civil conv. by Boeing, Seattle.48, 5th engine in nose, tested P&W T34 series turboprops) Bradley Air Museum, Windsor Locks CT: del /84 badly damaged at museum, by tornado New England Air Museum CT : wreck stored 84/87 Tom Reilly Vintage Aircraft, Kissimmee FL.87/99 (wreck stored Windsor Locks CT 79/92; trucked to Kissimmee.92 for rebuild using parts of N6694C: rest. project at Kissimmee.92/03) N817BR Randsburg Corp, Portland OR /03 (planned to fly as " Outhouse Mouse") Don Brooks/ Liberty Foundation, Atlanta GA /04 (rest. to fly continued at Kissimmee FL 03/04) N390TH Liberty Foundation Inc, Atlanta GA /11 (80,000 hour restoration project completed 04, at Kissimmee with 4 engines hung by 4.04, ff as /DI-O Liberty Belle, based Douglas AZ) (flew to England for airshows, arr. Duxford ) destroyed by fire after forced landing due engine fire, near Aurora IL B-17G American Veterans Chapter 56, Tulare CA 8.58/15