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B-17 FLYING FORTRESS/42-102542

Serial #: 42-102542
Construction #: 8044
Civil Registration:
  N5845N
Model(s):
  B-17G-50-BO Flying Fortress
  TB-17G Flying Fortress
Name: None
Status: Crashed
Last info: 1959
History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 42-102542.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
- To RFC at Altus, November 5, 1945.
American Legion, Sioux City Airport, IA, 1946.
- Diplayed as war memorial marked as "Sioux City Sue".
Lysdale Flying Service, St Paul, MN, August 1952.
- Registered as N5845N.
Aero Service Corp, Philadephia, PA, February 26, 1955-1959.
- Visited RAF Idris, India, August 1958.
- Crashed during landing, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, February 1959.
Struck-off US Civil Registry, October 23, 1959.
Source(s):
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-5th Edition, 2008.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2025.
Photo Source(s):
None

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