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Serial #: 44-85599 Construction #: 8508 (-VE) Civil Registration: None Model(s): B-17G EDB-17G DB-17G DB-17P Name: Reluctant Dragon Status: Static Display Last info: 2002  Circa 1974. Current Nose Art, "Reluctant Dragon" |
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. |
The "Black Hawk" at Abilene Municipal Airport, TX, Circa 1974.