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Constructed as a B-17G-85-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA. |
3 April 1945 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-83559. |
5 April 1945 |
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Transferred to Air Transport Command, Topeka, KS. |
8 April 1945 |
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Transferred to 4100th Army Air Force Base Unit, ATC, Patterson Field, OH. |
16 June 1945 |
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Transferred to 4141st AAFBU, Air Material Command, Pyote, TX. |
15 October 1945 |
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Withdrawn from use.
Declared excess to USAAF needs. |
7 November 1945 |
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Returned to military service. |
11 November 1945 |
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Transferred to 4168th AAFBU (TAC), Lubbock, TX. |
18 September 1947 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-83559. |
17 February 1950 |
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Transferred to 2753rd Aircraft Storage Squadron (AMC), Pyote, TX. |
7 March 1950 |
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Transferred to Olmstead Field (AMC), Middletown Depot, PA.
Sent to Olmstead for conversion. |
From March 1950 to By June 1950 |
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Converted to a DB-17P. |
22 June 1950 |
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Transferred to 3200th Drone Squadron, Air Proving Grounds (APG), Eglin AFB, FL. |
28 February 1951 |
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Transferred to 3200th Drone Squadron (APG), Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Island Group, Pacific. |
31 May 1951 |
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Transferred to 3200th Drone Squadron, Eglin AFB, FL. |
13 October 1952 |
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Transferred to 3205th Drone Squadron (APG), Holloman AFB, NM. |
16 October 1952 |
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Transferred to Eglin AFB, FL. |
8 July 1953 |
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Transferred to 3310th Technical Training Wing (APG), Scott AFB, IL. |
26 July 1953 |
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Transferred to 3205th Drone Group (APG), Eglin AFB, FL. |
10 September 1953 |
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Transferred to 3205th Drone Group (APG), Holloman AFB, NM. |
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Transferred to Patrick AFB, FL. |
May 1958 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.
Dropped from the USAF inventory while at Patrick and issued as a museum piece. |
May 1959 |
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Ferry flight. Delivered to Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE.
 View the Location Dossier |
1971 |
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To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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1971 |
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Loaned to Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE. |
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Markings Applied: King Bee, EP B, D 23474 B |
16 September 1983 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
16 September 1983 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
22 August 1994 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
Circa 1997 |
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Loaned to Strategic Air Command Museum, Ashland, NE.
Moved to new facility while under construction. |
16 May 1998 |
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Placed on display with Strategic Air Command Museum, Ashland, NE.
New museum opened. |
2001 |
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Loaned to Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, NE.
Museum name change.
View the Location Dossier |
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Markings Applied: QJ S, C 483559 S
Modified back to B-17G configuration. |
25 February 2011 |
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Photographer: John Meneely |
28 April 2011 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
28 April 2011 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
28 April 2011 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
22 June 2015 |
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To Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum, Ashland, NE.
Museum name change.
View the Location Dossier |
28 March 2021 |
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Photographer: Max Sabin
Notes: Interior of DB-17 44-83559. Taken from the right waist-turret window |
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