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Constructed as a B-17G-95-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA. |
9 May 1945 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-83690. |
9 May 1945 |
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Assigned to 4100th Base Unit, Patterson Field, OH for storage. |
14 November 1945 |
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Transferred to 4168th Base Unit (Air Material Command), South Plains Field, TX. |
June 1947 |
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Transferred to 4141st Base Unit (Air Material Command), Pyote Field, TX. |
18 September 1947 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-83690. |
By February 1951 |
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Converted to a DB-17G. |
February 1951 |
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Flew to Kwajalein (Marshall Islands) in the South Pacific to participate in Operation Greenhouse nuclear testing. |
1956 |
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Transferred to 3235th Drone Squadron, Missile Test Center, Patrick AFB, FL. |
1956 |
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Converted to a DB-17P. |
From 1956 to 1959 |
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Operated as a drone director while testing Nike, Talos, Genie, Bomarc and Sidewinder missiles. |
August 1960 |
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Withdrawn from use. |
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To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
 View the Location Dossier |
1961 |
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Ferry flight. Delivered to Grissom Air Museum, Grissom AFB, Peru-Kokomo, IN.
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Markings Applied: Miss Liberty Belle, XK O, G 231255 O
Marked to represent B-17G-10-BO USAAAF s/n 42-31255. |
By November 1979 |
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Photographer: Dennis Kunicki
Notes: Photographed at Grissom AFB, Kokomo, IN. |
By November 1979 |
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Photographer: Dennis Kunicki
Notes: Photographed at Grissom AFB, Kokomo, IN. |
17 July 1996 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the Grissom Air Museum at Grissom AFB, Indiana. |
17 July 1996 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the Grissom Air Museum at Grissom AFB, Indiana. |
17 July 1996 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the Grissom Air Museum at Grissom AFB, Indiana. |
17 July 1996 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the Grissom Air Museum at Grissom AFB, Indiana. |
24 June 1999 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: Photographed during rain storm. Notice tail number shows 2311255 |
5 December 2006 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
5 December 2006 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
5 December 2006 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
August 2015 |
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Loaned to Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, GA.
View the Location Dossier |
3 April 2018 |
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Photographer: Tyler Baldwin
Notes: Current restoration of DB-17P s/n 43-83690 USAF, c/n 32331 |
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