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"Fuddy Duddy"
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Serial #: 44-83563 Construction #: 32204-DL Civil Registration: N9563Z Model(s): B-17G-85-DL CB-17A, VB-17G Name: Fuddy Duddy Status: Airworthy Last info: 2006 |
History: Delivered to USAAF as 44-83563. - BOC: April 7, 1945 - SOC: June 1955 - Stored for 30 days, Patterson, OH. - Converted to CB-17G (Staff Transport). - Deployed to Philipines, 1945-1952. - Returned to United States and overhauled. - Allocated to 6000th Base Service Group, Japan, 1952-June 1955. American Compressed Steel, Cincinatti, OH, Aug. 18, 1959. Aero American Corp., Tucson, AZ, May 9, 1960-1963. - Registered as N9563Z. Columbia Pictures Inc., NY, Oct. 11, 1961. - Leased for movie "The War Lover" - Arrived Gatwick, UK, Oct. 8, 1961. - Flown as 127742/DF*T - Departed UK on May 16, 1962. - Stored Ryan Field, AZ/ Aircraft Specialties, Inc., Mesa AZ, Feb. 2, 1963-1981. - Flown as tanker #E24, #C24, #24, #89. - Flown to Hawaii for movie "Tora, Tora, Tora" Jan. 1969. Globe Air, Inc., Mesa AZ, Feb. 18, 1981-1985 - Flown as tanker #89. National Warplane Museum, Geneseo, NY, Oct. 1985-2002. Wings Of Eagles, Horseheads, NY, 2004-2005. - Formerly National Warplane Museum. - Flown as 297400/Fuddy Duddy/K*E. Martin Aviation, Orange County, CA, 2006 |
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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): Linda Carry Unknown. Brian Lockett - Goleta Air & Space Museum, http://www.air-and-space.com/home.htm, 2002. |
