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Flying Fortress/43-38635


Serial #: 43-38635
Construction #: 9613
Civil Registration:
  N3702G
Model(s):
  B-17G
  TB-17G
  EB-17G
  ETB-17G
Name: Virgin's Delight
Status: Static Display
Last info: 2002
History:
National Metals Company, Phoenix, AZ, July 31, 1959.
- Registered as N3702G.
Louis A. Kordish, Long Beach, CA, Nov. 11, 1959.
Chas J. Fischer, Los Angeles, CA, Apr. 22, 1960.
Edgar A. Neely/Fast-Way Air Service, Long Beach, CA, July 21, 1960-1967.
- Converted to fire tanker, 1960.
- Flew as tanker #E61.
TBM Inc, Tulare, CA, Apr. 25, 1967-1979.
- Flew as tanker #E61 (later #61).
Aero Union Corp, Chico, CA, Nov. 1, 1979.
USAF Museum, Castle AFB, CA, Nov. 26, 1979-2002.
- Displayed as 38635/A-N/Virgin's Delight.


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):
Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2002