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    Airframe Family: Boeing B299 / B-17 Fortress
    Latest Model:B-17E-BO Fortress
    Last Military Serial:41-9210 USAAF
    Construction Number:2682
    Last Civil Registration:N12355
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-17E-BO sn 41-9210 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Wartime History Museum Inc, Tacoma, WA

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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 41-9210.

    From 1946 to 1952

    Placed on display with University of Minnesota.

    29 August 1952

    To Lysdale Flying Service, Saint. Paul, MN, with new c/r N5842N.

    3 December 1952

    To Leeward Aeronautical Service, Fort Wayne, IN keeping c/r N5842N.

    4 March 1955

    To Kenting Aviation, Toronto, ON with new c/r CF-ICB.

    22 June 1964

    To Four Star Aviation Inc, Miami, FL with new c/r N9720F.

    23 July 1964

    To Compania Boliviana de Aviacion, La Paz, Bolivia with new c/r CP-753.

    1974

    To Frigorificos Reyes, La Paz, Bolivia, keeping c/r CP-753.

    August 1976

    Crashed.
    Crashed while landing at San Borja.

    From August 1976 to 1990

    Withdrawn from use.
    Sat derelict at La Paz airfield.

    Restored.
    At La Paz, Bolivia.

    Circa 1986


    Photographer: San Diego Air Museum Archive

    March 1990

    Ferry flight.
    Delivered from Bolivia to Ft. Lauderdale.

    March 1990

    To Don Whittington/World Jet Inc, Fort Lauderdale, FL with new c/r N8WJ.

    7 March 1990


    Photographer: Nigel Roling
    Notes: N8WJ B-17E Fortress, at Fort Lauderdale Exec. FL 7th March 1990. From a scan.

    May 1990


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In a hangar at Ft.Lauderdale Executive - shortly after arriving from Bolivia

    1 November 1991

    To Scott D. Smith, Colorado Springs, CO keeping c/r N8WJ.

    1997

    To The Air Station, Arlington, WA keeping c/r N8WJ.

    22 August 1998

    To Paul Allen/Flying Heritage Collection, WA.

    22 August 1999

    To Flying Heritage Collection, Everett, WA with new c/r N12355.

    12 May 2004

    To Vulcan Warbirds Inc, Seattle, WA keeping c/r N12355.

    Based at Flying Heritage Collection/Paul Allen, Paine Field, Everett, WA.
    View the Location Dossier

    2008

    Stored in a dismantled state.

    To Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum, Paine Field, Everett, WA.
    View the Location Dossier

    3 March 2023

    To Wartime History Museum Inc, Tacoma, WA keeping c/r N12355.
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