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Constructed as a B-17G-35-BO by Boeing at Seattle, Washington, USA. |
24 January 1944 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-32076. |
January 1944 |
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Transferred to Cheyenne Modification Center, Cheyenne, WY. |
February 1944 |
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Transferred to Grand Isle Army Air Field, NE. |
March 1944 |
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Transferred to 91st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, Bassingbourn, England.
Operated with markings: SHOO SHOO SHOO BABY |
29 May 1944 |
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Forced landing in Sweden and interred for duration of WWII. |
2 November 1945 |
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To SAAB with new c/r SE-BAP.
Modified into transport configuration. |
5 November 1945 |
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To Danish Airlines, Stig Viking with new c/r OY-DFA. |
25 June 1947 |
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Withdrawn from use. |
31 March 1948 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Haerens Flyvertropper with s/n 67-672. |
1 December 1949 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Marinens Flyvevaesen with s/n 67-672. |
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Store at Bjoern. |
24 October 1952 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Danish Air Force with s/n 67-672. |
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Photographer: National Museum of t United States Air Fo
Notes: Boeing B-17G Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby in flight. The aircraft carried the name Store Bjorn while in service with Denmark. (U.S. Air Force photo) |
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Photographer: National Museum of t United States Air Fo
Notes: Boeing B-17G Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby in flight. The aircraft carried the name Store Bjorn while in service with Denmark. (U.S. Air Force photo) |
1 October 1953 |
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Withdrawn from use and placed in storage. |
1954 |
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To Babb Company. |
5 March 1956 |
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To Ep Institut Geographique National, Paris, Basse Normandie with new c/r F-BGSH (Boeing B 17 G, 42-32076).
Based at Creil. |
By July 1960 |
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Photographer: Unknown |
15 July 1961 |
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Last flight.
Withdrawn from use. |
1968 |
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As a gesture of friendship between the U.S. and France, French officials presented the aircraft to the Secretary of the Air Force. It would remain in France for four more years. |
23 February 1970 |
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Civil registration, F-BGSH, cancelled. |
23 January 1972 |
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To United States Air Force Museum, Dayton, OH. |
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Markings Applied: 42-32076 |
4 February 1972 |
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Transported by ship.
Delivered dismantled to Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. |
July 1972 |
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Contracted to 512th Antique Aircraft Restoration Group/512th Airlift Wing, Dover AFB, Dover, DE for work on the airframe.
Delivered dismantled to Dover AFB, DE, for restoration.
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From 1978 to 1988 |
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Restored.
The work was carried out at Dover AFB. |
13 October 1988 |
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Ferry flight. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
Delivered to the museum on this date.
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Circa November 1988 |
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Photographer: National Museum of the USAF |
19 July 1995 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the United States Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. |
6 May 2008 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
6 May 2008 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
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Photographer: National Museum of the USAF |
14 March 2018 |
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Aircraft removed from display and towed to restoration hangar in preparation for move to the National Air and Space Museum at a future date. |
6 December 2021 |
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NASM restoration crew begins disassembling the aircraft for eventual transpor. |
1 September 2023 |
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To Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, VA.
Aircraft arrived this day. Displayed before assembled.
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25 February 2024 |
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Photographer: Moreno Aguiari |
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