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    Airframe Family: Boeing B299 / B-17 Fortress
    Latest Model:B-17E-BO Fortress
    Last Military Serial:41-9032 USAAF
    Construction Number:2504
    Latest Owner or Location:National WWII Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-17E-BO by Boeing at Seattle, Washington, USA.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-9032.

    27 June 1942

    Crashed.
    Forced landing on an ice cap in Greenland while on a ferry flight to Britain. The crew was rescued, but the aircraft was abandoned.

    1995

    To Institute of Aeronautical Archaeological Research/Gary Larkins, Auburn, CA.

    Recovered.
    Removed from the ice cap and dismatled. The components were lifted out by two helicopters.

    August 1995

    Transported by ship.
    Barged from Greenland to the USA.

    From By 1995 to By 1999

    To Tillamook NAS Air Museum, Tillamook, OR.

    By 1999

    Stored dismantled in the restoration hangar, at Tillamook, with B-17F parts recovered from an Alaska crash site in 1996.

    14 March 2000

    To Ultimate Sacrifice Group/Robert E. Ready, Cincinnati, OH.

    17 March 2000

    Transported by ground.
    Trucked from Tillamook to Cincinnati-Blue Ash Airport, OH.

    To The Ultimate Sacrifice Memorial Foundation, Cincinnati Blue Ash Airport, Cincinnati, OH.
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    Restoration started.
    Restored for static display in a belly landing diorama.

    By 2004

    Markings Applied: My Gal Sal
    Fuselage completed.

    Markings Applied: My Gal Sal

    1 August 2012

    Transported by ground.
    Departed Cincinnati bound for New Orleans, LA.

    To National WWII Museum, New Orleans, LA.
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    1 February 2016


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: WWII Museum, Boeing Building, New Orleans, LA

    April 2016


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    April 2016


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    April 2016


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    April 2016


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
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