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B-17 FLYING FORTRESS/42-3360

Serial #: 42-3360
Construction #: 8296
Civil Registration:
  NC67974
  CB-70
  CP-570
Model(s):
  B-17F-50-DL Flying Fortress
Name: None
Status: Wrecked
Last info: 1955
History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 42-3360.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
Paul Mantz, Glendale, CA, February 19, 1946.
- Acquired from War Assets Disposals, Searcy AFB, OK.
Paul Mantz Air Service, Glendale, CA, August 1946-1950.
- Registered as NC67974.
- Flew in movie Command Decision, 1948.
Owen W. Williams/California Atlantic Airways, St Petersburg, FL, May 8, 1950.
Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano, Bolivia, 1951-1955.
- Registered as CB-70, later CP-570.
- Crashed at La Paz/El Alto,Bolivia, September 21, 1955.
Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-5th Edition, 2008.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2025.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page.
www.aeroflight.co.uk
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