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B-17 FLYING FORTRESS/42-3374
B-17 Flying Fortress 42-3374
Serial #: 42-3374
Construction #: 8310 (-DL)
Civil Registration:
  None
Location:
  41°06'41.0"N 95°55'13.9"W
Model(s):
  B-17F Flying Fortress
  RB-17F Flying Fortress
Name: Homesick Angel
Status: Static Display
Last info: 2025
History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 42-3374.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
MGM Studios, Culver City, CA, 1945-1970
- Dismantled.
Planes Of Fame, Chino, CA, 1970-1981
- Stored dismantled.
USAF Museum, Beale AFB, CA, 1981-1989.
- Restored and displayed.
USAF Museum, Offutt AFB, NE, May 1989-2025.
- Restored to static display.
- Displayed as 230320/L/Homesick Angel.
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.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2025.
Photo Source(s):
Bryan Darnell

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