MAIN INDEX > B-17 FLYING FORTRESS REGISTRY > B-17 FLYING FORTRESS/44-85599 Serial #: 44-85599 Construction #:   8508 (-VE) Civil Registration:   None Model(s):   B-17G Flying Fortress   EDB-17G Flying Fortress   DB-17G Flying Fortress   DB-17P Flying Fortress Name: Reluctant Dragon Status: Static Display Last info: 2002 History: Delivered to USAAF as 44-85599, 19??. - Retired to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, Aug. 1959. 96th BG Memorial Association, Abilene Municipal Airport, Abilene, TX, Oct. 1960-1974 - Displayed as 0-5599/Black Hawk USAF Museum, Dyes AFB, Abiliene, TX, 1974-1996 - Restored for static display. - Initially displayed as 485599/A. - Currently displayed as 238133/Reluctant Dragon/OA-W. 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, 2002 R. Hawkins. Research Assistance: - MAIN INDEX > B-17 FLYING FORTRESS REGISTRY >