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Serial #: 44-83663 Construction #: 32304 (-DL) Civil Registration: N47780 Model(s): B-17G-90-DL TB-17G Name: Short Bier Status: Display Last info: 2003 |
History: Delivered to FA Brasileira as B17-5400, May, 1951. USAF Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, Oct. 1968-1973. - Arrived from Brazil, Oct. 5, 1968. - Loaned to Yesterdays Air Force, Chino, CA, June 15, 1973-1986. -- Registered as N47780. -- Displayed at Combat Air Museum, Topeka, KS, 1977-1980. -- Displayed at Yesterdays Air Force, St. Petersburg, FL, July 13, 1980-1986 USAF Museum, Hill AFB, UT, Nov. 1986-2002. - Arrived dismantled and then restored. - Displayed as 483663/Short Beir. |
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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. Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2005. Photo Source(s): D. Jackey. Fabio Eduardo Fernandes Silva. Martin Kyburz/Swiss Mustangs. |
