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B-17 FLYING FORTRESS/44-83861
B-17 Flying Fortress
Serial #: 44-83861
Construction #: 32502 (-DL)
Civil Registration:
  N6463D
  N5227V
  CP-741
Model(s):
  B-17G Flying Fortress
  PB-1W Flying Fortress
Name: None
Status: Destroyed
Last info: 1964
History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 44-83861.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
Transferred to United States Navy as PB-1W/Bu. 77229.
- BOC: July 4, 1945
- SOC: July 10, 1956
American Compressed Steel Corp, December 1957.
- Registration N6463D reserved but not taken up.
American Compressed Steel Corp, Dallas, TX, December 2, 1957-1958.
- Registered as N5227V.
G. J. Towle, Alamo, CA, March 25, 1958-1963.
- Civilian converstion for spraying, April 1958.
- Fire bombing tank installed, September 1960.
Bellamy Aviation, Miami, FL, October 21, 1963-1964.
- Sold to Bolivia.
- Struck-off USCR, May 14, 1964.
Compania Boliviana de Rutas Aereas, La Paz, Bolivia, 1964.
- Registered CP-741.
- Crashed and destroyed, San Borja, Bolivia, October 30, 1964.
Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2025.
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