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Scholl Ranch, Borrego Springs, CA, 1989.
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Serial #: 44-83316 Construction #: 31957 (-DL) Civil Registration: None Model(s): B-17G VB-17G Name: None Status: Partial Airframe Last info: 2001 |
History: Delivered to USAAF as 44-83316, 19??. - Retired to David-Monthan AFB, AZ, Dec. 1956-1959. - Delivered to Norton AFB, CA, Apr. 1959-1964. -- Stored for planned museum. 20th Century Fox Studios, 1964-1966. - Dismantled. - Fuselage used as film prop for TV series "12 O'Clock High" as 11868, Chino, CA - Badly damaged by Special F/X, 1966. Black Hills Aviation, Spearfish, SD, circa 1967. - Forward fuselage used to rebuild B-17 N6694C. Weeks Air Museum, Tamiami, FL, circa 1983-2001. - Fuselage sections stored at Aero Trader, Ocotillo Wells, CA. Some parts possibly used in composite B-17 diorama, Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, FL. |