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    Airframe Family: Boeing B299 / B-17 Fortress
    Latest Model:B-17G-95-VE Fortress
    Last Military Serial:44-85505 USAF
    Construction Number:8414
    Compressed ID:Lockheed-Vega B-17G-95-VE sn 44-855...
    Latest Owner or Location:Champaign Aviation Museum, Grimes Field, Urbana, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-17G-95-VE by Lockheed-Vega at Burbank, California, USA.

    1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-85505.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-85505.

    Transferred to 6th Radar Calibration Flight, Elmendorf AFB, AK.

    10 September 1951

    Crashed.
    Went down 10 miles NW of Talkeetna, Alaska, on a flight fromElmendorf AFB to Ladd AFB. 1 killed, 6 survived.

    July 2011

    Recovered.
    The tail turret, tail wheel retraction mechanism, navigator and bombardier seats, vertical fin, and many other smaller parts were removed by personnel of the Champaign Aviation Museum for use in their restoration of 44-83722.
    For more information about this other airframe see this Airframe Dossier

    July 2011

    To Champaign Aviation Museum, Grimes Field, Urbana, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    The tail fin was not used for restoration, but was placed on display instead.

    9 September 2014


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Vertical fin displayed
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