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    Airframe Family: Boeing B299 / B-17 Fortress
    Latest Model:DB-17G Fortress
    Last Military Serial:44-85738 USAAF
    Construction Number:8647
    Compressed ID:Boeing DB-17G sn 44-85738 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:American Veterans (AMVETS) Post 56, Medford Field, Tulare, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-17G-105-VE by Lockheed-Vega at Burbank, California, USA.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-85738.

    Converted to a DB-17G.

    Converted to an EDB-17G.

    Converted to a DB-17G.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to Amvet Post 56, Tulare, CA.

    Transported by ground. Delivered to Perrys Coffee House.
    Moved to the coffee shop in Tulare for display.

    1981

    Transported by ground. Delivered to American Veterans (AMVETS) Post 56, Medford Field, Tulare, CA.
    Returned to the AMVETS in Tulare for permanent display.
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    4 June 1982


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Tulare CA

    4 June 1982


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Tulare, CA.

    15 June 1995


    Photographer: Scott Montague
    Notes: not shure when it was taken

    15 June 1995


    Photographer: Scott Montague

    Circa 1998


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Tulare, CA.

    2007


    Photographer: Andy West

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    21 June 2017


    Photographer: Timothy Aanerud
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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