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    Airframe Family: Boeing B299 / B-17 Fortress
    Latest Model:B-17G Fortress
    Last Military Serial:7725 USCG
    Construction Number:8715
    Last Civil Registration:CP-762
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-17G sn 7725 USCG cn 8715 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Bolivian Air System

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-17G.

    June 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-85806.

    From 1946 to December 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Coast Guard with s/n 7725.

    26 October 1955

    To Delta Leasing Corp, Charlotte, NC with new c/r N7739B.

    From 7 February 1957 to December 1964

    To Biegert Bros Inc, Shickley, AZ with new c/r N117W.


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall Collection
    Notes: Biegert Brothers B-17G N117W in the late 1950s, with underwing chemical tanks and spray bars

    December 1964

    To Bolivian Air System with new c/r CP-762.

    16 December 1964

    Destroyed in a crash.
    Damaged beyond repair at El alto, La Paz, Bolivia.

    7 January 1971

    Civil registration, N117W, cancelled.
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    Warbird Registry by Scott Rose
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