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Flying as tanker #4.
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Serial #: 42-29782 Construction #: 4896 Civil Registration: N6015V N17W Model(s): B-17F RB-17F TB-17F Name: Boeing Bee Status: Stored Last info: 2005  Painted for Tora! Tora! Tora!. |
History: City Of Stuttgart, AR, Sep. 1946-1953 - Displayed as war memorial. Gerald C. Francis, Stuttgart, AR, 1953 Max & John Biegert, Lincoln, NE, Apr. 1953. - Registered as N6015V. - Acquired title for $20,000. - Disassembled and rebuilt with new bolts and taper pins. - Modified with L-8 cargo door (according to California-Atlantic Airways Drawings). Max L. Biegert, Lincoln, NE, Mar. 1954-1961. - Registered as N17W. - Flown as sprayer. - Fitted with 7 spray tanks and 2 F-94 underwing drop tanks. - Leased to Central Aircraft Corp, Yakima, WA, 1954-1955 - Leased to Abe Sellard, Stafford, AZ, 1960-1961 -- Converted to fire tanker May 1960. -- Flown as taker #E84. Abe's Aerial Service, Stafford, AZ, Oct. 1961-1963 Aircraft Specialties Inc., Mesa AZ, Apr. 17, 1963-1981 - Flew as tanker #C84, #C44, #44, #04. - Flew in movie "1000 Plane Raid", 1968. - Flew in movie "Tora Tora Tora", Jan. 1969. Globe Air Inc., Mesa, AZ, Feb. 18, 1981-1985 - Flew as tanker #04. Bob Richardson/Portage Bay, Inc., Seattle, WA, June 11, 1985-1990. - Ariived Boeing Field, Seattle, WA from Mesa, AZ, June 20, 1989. - Flown to Duxford, UK for use in movie "Memphis Belle", June 27, 1989. Museum Of Flight, Boeing Field, Seattle, WA, Sep. 1990-2005. - Restored to airworthy by Boeing, Fb. 1991-1998. - First flight, May 9, 1998. - Flew as Boeing Bee. - Currently stored. |
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Photo Source(s): Arnold Swanberg Ken Jones W.T. Larkins. Timothy Cox Photography |
