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Constructed as a B-17G-75-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA. |
Circa 30 January 1945 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-83316. |
30 January 1945 |
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Transferred to Lincoln Army Air Base, NE. |
15 February 1945 |
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Transferred to Grenier Army Air Base, NH. |
28 February 1945 |
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Transferred to 15th Air Force, Foggia, Italy. |
11 June 1946 |
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Transferred to 9th Air Force, Germany. |
18 September 1947 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-83316. |
1 January 1948 |
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Transferred to 61st Troop Carrier Group, Frankfurt Rhein-Main, West Germany. |
29 June 1948 |
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Transferred to 7909th Base Unit, Tulln, Austria. |
1 July 1948 |
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Transferred to 7360th Air Base Squadron, Tulln, Austria. |
16 October 1948 |
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Redesignated as VB-17G. |
7 May 1949 |
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Transferred to 7360th Base Complement Squadron, Tulln, Austria.
Squadron name change. |
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Transferred to 7360th Air Base Group, Tulln, Austria. |
17 April 1950 |
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Transferred to 85th Air Depot Wing, Erding, West Germany.
Sent to the 85th for maintenance. |
24 November 1950 |
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Transferred to 7167th Special Air Mission Squadron, Wiesbaden (Erbenheim), West Germany. |
7 November 1952 |
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Transferred to Air Defense Command. |
24 December 1952 |
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Transferred to 4610th Air Base Squadron, Fairfax Field, KS. |
From December 1956 to 1959 |
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Assigned to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage. |
From Circa April 1959 to 1964 |
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Transferred to Norton AFB, CA.
Set aside for a planned museum, but never put on display due to rejection by Base commander. |
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To Movieland of the Air/Tallmantz Aviation, Orange County, CA. |
From 1964 to 1966 |
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Loaned to 20th Century Fox Studios, CA. |
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Markings Applied: 11868
The fuselage was used as a film prop for the TV series, Twelve OClock High. |
1966 |
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Badly damaged by special effects at Chino, CA.effects at Chino 1966. |
1968 |
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To Black Hills Aviation, Spearfish, SD.
Used the nose section to rebuild another B-17. |
1968 |
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The complete fueselage was on a trailer at Spearfish. |
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The forward fuselage was used to restore USAAF s/n 44-85813 c/r N6694C. |
From Circa 1983 to 2001 |
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To Weeks Air Museum, Kendall Tamiami Executive Airport, Miami, FL.
Only the fuselage hulk was obtained by the museum.
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On behalf of the owner stored with/at Aero Trader/Carl Scholl, Ocotillo Wells, CA.
The fuselage sections were moved here and stored.
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To Fantasy of Flight/Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL.
Ownership transferred with the museum move, but nothing moved from Ocotillo Wells for the move. Possibly may have donated parts for a composite B-17 diorama but not confirmed.
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Restoration started.
Static restoration planned. |
5 October 2010 |
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To Champaign Aviation Museum, Grimes Field, Urbana, OH.
Absorbed into the restoration of B-17G-95-DL USAAF s/n 44-83722, with this airframe providing the rear fuselage, ball turret, throttle control console, and navigators astrodome.
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