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Flying Fortress/44-83684
Picadilly Lily II

         

Serial #: 44-83684
Construction #:
  32325
Civil Registration:
  N3713G
Model(s):
  B-17G
  DB-17G
  DB-17P
Name: Picadilly Lily II
Status: Static Display
Last info: 2002
  History:
Retired to Davis Monthan, AFB, AZ, Aug. 1959
- Last operational USAF B-17.
Ed Maloney/The Air Museum, Claremont, (later Ontario, then Chino) CA, Sep. 24, 1959-1975.
- Registered as N3713G.
- Used in TV Series "12 O'Clock High", Chino, CA 1964-1966
-- Flown as 23921/Picadilly Lily/HP-V
- Later flew in various movies.
- Withdrawn from use 1975.
Planes Of Fame, Chino, CA, 1975-2002
- Displayed as 483684/Picadilly Lily II.


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, 2003