• Aircraft:

  Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress

• Reg: 42-3374 photos
• Serial #:

  8310

• Airline: United States - US Air Force (USAF)
• Photo Date: Sep 30, 1986
• Uploaded: Nov 14, 2006
• Marysville Beale Air Force Base - KBAB, USA - California

This is a rare B-17F model and looking sorry for itself; a patch has been applied over the lower fuselage beneath the cockpit and the wing join fillet is missing from the wing outboard of the port outer engine. Following its demob from the USAF it was sold to MGM Studios, Culver City, CA, 1945-1970, Planes Of Fame, Chino, CA, 1970-1981, USAF Museum, Beale AFB, CA, 1981-1989 USAF Museum, Offutt AFB, NE, May 1989-1997. Displayed as 230320/L/"Homesick Angel". Scanned from a K64 slide

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