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Serial #: 44-83525 Construction #: 32166-DL Civil Registration: N83525 N4250 N83525 Model(s): B-17G DB-17G Name: Suzy Q Status: Restoration Last info: 2002 |
History: Delivered to USAAF as 44-83525, 19??. - Retired to Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ, Apr. 1959-1967. - Last B-17 held at Davis-Monthan. - Displayed from 1964-1967. Tallmantz Aviation, Orange County, CA, Jan. 12, 1968. - Registered as N83525. - Flew in movie "1000 Plane Raid", Santa Maria, CA, Jan. 1968. -- Flew as 25053/KY-L/Balls Of Fire. - Registration N4250 reserved but not taken up. Tallmantz/International Flight & Space Museum, Orange County, CA, 1968-1972. I.N. Burchinall Jr., Paris, TX, Oct. 1972-1983. - Flew in movie "MacArthur" as KY-L/Suzy Q. - Displayed in museums in Kissimee, FL & Eloy, AZ. Weeks Air Museum, Tamiami, FL, Apr. 11, 1983-2002. - Delivered to Tamiami, FL, June 6, 1987 from storage in Paris, TX. - Displayed as KY-L/Suzy Q. - Picked up and damaged by Hurricane Andrew. - Was undergoing restoration at Tom Reilly Aviation, reportedly moved to Fantasy of Flight for continued restoration. |
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Pat Carry.
Photo Source(s):
Bill Scheuerman