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Serial #: 44-85829 Construction #: 8738 (-VE) Civil Registration: N3193G Model(s): B-17G PB-1G Name: Yankee Lady Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002   
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History: Manufactured by Lockheeds Vega Division, Burbank, CA, delivered on July 16, 1945. - Accepted by ATC at Burbank, CA, July 16, 1945. - Ferried to the Lockheed Modification Center, Dallas-Love Field, TX, arriving on July 18, 1945. - Modifications completed and A/C available, Aug. 28, 1945. - Flown to South Plains, TX, to be stored. Under command of ATS, Sept. 1945. - Assigned to 4104th Base Unit, Rome AFB, NY, February 20, 1946. -- Put into short term storage. - Assigned to 5948th Base Unit (AMC), Topeka, KS, Aug. 1946. -- Never delivered, remained at Rome AB. Transferred to the USCG as Bu. 77255 - BOC: Sep. 1946 - SOC: May 1959 - Sent to the Naval Aircraft Modification Unit, NAS Johnsville, PA, for conversion into PB-1G air-sea rescue configuration. - Operationally based at CGAS San Francisco. - Put up for disposal, NAS Elizabeth City, NC, May 1959 Ace Smelting Inc., Phoenix, AZ, May 11, 1959. - Registered as N3193G. - Acquired for $5,887.93. Fairchild Aerial Surveys. Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 16 1959-1965 - Converted for aerial survey work, Aug. 1960. -- Equipped for photographic/magnetometer survey. - Airframe had 4096 flight hours on the books at this time. Aero Services Corp., Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 2, 1965 Biegert Bros., Shickley, NE, Oct. 1, 1965-1966 - Flown as sprayer. - Two tanks fitted in bomb bays. - Survey equipment removed. Aircraft Specialties Inc., Mesa, AZ, Mar. 19, 1966-1981. - Modified to air tanker configuration. - Flown as tanker #C34, #34. - Flown to Hawaii for use in movie "Tora Tora Tora", Jan. 1969 - After filming, had 4894 flight hours on the books. - Belly landed, Salmon, OH, retardant tank damaged. Globe Air Inc., Mesa, AZ, Feb. 18, 1981-1986. - Flown as tanker #34 - Now had nearly 6000 flight hours recorded. Yankee Air Museum, Willow Run, MI, July 2, 1986-2002. - Restored to airworthiness. - Flown as 485829/Yankee Lady. |
Tanker C34 with Aircraft Specialties Inc., Mesa, AZ.
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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): Unknown. Todd Hackbarth. Nigel Rolling. |
