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Serial #: 44-85828 Construction #: 8737 (-VE) Civil Registration: N9323R Model(s): B-17G Name: I'll Be Around Status: Static Display Last info: 2003 |
History: Delivered to US Coast Guard as BuNo. 77254 - BOC: Aug. 14, 1945. - SOC: Oct. 1959. - Put up for disposal at NAS Elizabeth City, NC, Oct, 1959 Joe E. Marrs, Opa Locka, FL, Mar. 8, 1960. - Registered as N9323R. Serv-Air Inc, Westchester, NY, Apr. 9, 1960-1962. Tropical Export Trading Co, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, May 23, 1962. Hugh Wheelus/Dothan Aviation, Dothan, AL, July 17, 1962. - Converted for aerial spraying, July 1962. Black Hills Aviation, Spearfish, SD, Oct. 4, 1962-1969. - Converted from sprayer to tanker. - Flew as tanker #B30. Aerofilte Inc, Cody, WY, 1971-1975. - Flew as tanker #B30 (later #37). Bruce Kinney/Kinney Air Tankers, Richey, MT, Dec. 1975-1978. - Flew as tanker #37. Aircraft Specialties Inc, Mesa, AZ, May 18, 1978-1980. - Flew as tanker #37. Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, AZ, Dec. 7, 1980-2003. - Delivered from Mesa, AZ to Davis Monthan AFB, Nov. 1980. - Towed to Pima Museum. - Initially displayed as 485828. - Currently displayed as 231892/I'll Be Around. |
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):
Brenden Deere.
Chuck Gardner, 2002
Fabio E. F. Silva.