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Flying Fortress/44-85740



Serial #: 44-85740
Construction #:
  8649 (-VE)
Civil Registration:
  NL5017N
  N5017N
Model: B-17G
Name:
  Aluminum Overcast
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2006
  History:
Metal Products Inc, Amarillo, TX, June 17, 1947
- Acquired as scrap.
Universal Aviation Inc, Tulsa OK, July 10, 1947
- Registered as NL5017N.
Charles T. Winters, Miami, FL Aug. 2, 1947
Vero Beach Export & Imp. Co. Vero Beach, FL, Aug. 16, 1947-1949
Aero Services Corp, Philadelphia, PA, June 27, 1949-1962
- Registered as N5017N
Chris D. Stolzfus & Assoc., Coatesville, PA, Aug. 10, 1962-1966
Dothan Aviation Corp, Dothan, AL, De. 1966-1978
- Flown as sprayer.
William E. Harrison, Tulsa, OK. Feb. 20, 1978-1979
EAA Aviation Foundation, Oshkosh, WI, Aug. 1980-2006.
- Flown a 85740/Aluminum Overcast.
- Damaged during gear collpase on landing, repaired.





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):
Linda Carry.
Ruchard Huston via Pat Carry.