![]() ![]() Moved to Illinois in 1995, where it is being restored. Last operated by the military in December 1945. Converted to an XC-108A cargo plane as of March 1944. Nickname " Desert Rat" believed to date from 1942. īuilt at Boeing Seattle as a B-17E, delivered on 14 April 1942. Acquired the nickname " Swamp Ghost." Recovered in May 2006. Featured in March 1992 issue of National Geographic. Wreck discovered in 1972 by RAAF helicopter pilot. During 22 February raid on Simpson Harbor, ditched after attack due to fuel shortage. Joined USAAF 19th Bombardment Group in Australia 20 February 1942. Armament installed at Sacramento Air Depot. Restoration work was suspended in order to complete work on 41-24485 "Memphis Belle." īuilt at Boeing Seattle as a B-17E. Stored outside at Andrews AFB until 1961. 1949: donated to National Air Museum in Washington. April 1946: Frank Kurtz recovered the plane, flying her to Los Angeles. After the war, sent to Kingman, Arizona, for scrapping. January 1942: sent to Australia for repairs and given the name " The Swoose." Subsequently, used as a transport plane for George Brett and others. September 1941: moved to the Philippines, where she was known as " Ole Betsy." December 1941–January 1942: used in combat. National Museum of the United States Air Forceġ940: built at Boeing Seattle as a B-17D. The location column sorts by country, then by state for aircraft in the United States. Serial numbers are linked to the specific aircraft's article, when available. The aircraft are listed in ascending order by their serial numbers, which do not necessarily reflect the order in which they were delivered. B-17G 44-8543 has been modified, including having its chin turret removed, to more closely resemble the B-17F that it wears the livery of ("Ye Olde Pub"). Some B-17G survivors have been modified to represent B-17Fs, such as for filming of the 1990 movie Memphis Belle. The surviving aircraft include examples of four B-17 variants: one B-17D, four B-17Es, and three B-17Fs, with the rest delivered as B-17G. ‡ denotes a plane that was used in combat. Italics denotes a plane that is potentially airworthy, but has not been flown in the past five years. Some other B-17s are being restored, and may become airworthy in the future.īold denotes a plane that is airworthy, excluding planes that have not been flown for more than five years. Of the B-17s registered with a civil aviation authority, such as the FAA, less than 10 are being kept in airworthy condition, and some of those have not been flown for more than five years. These include Nine-O-Nine (N93012, crashed in October 2019), Texas Raiders (N7227C, crashed in November 2022), and a B-17G registered in Granite Falls, Minnesota (N4960V) that was scrapped in 1962. Many are painted to represent actual planes that flew in combat.Īs of December 2022, 18 B-17s are registered with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Most of the other survivors were built too late to see active service and then were used through the 1950s and 1960s in military and civilian capacities. Consequently, only six planes that survive today have seen combat. After the war, planes that had flown in combat missions were sent for smelting at boneyards, such as those at Walnut Ridge and Kingman. Of the 12,731 B-17s built, about 4,735 were lost during the war. Forty-five planes survive in complete form, including 38 in the United States. The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engine heavy bomber used by the United States Army Air Forces and other Allied air forces during World War II. ![]() Main article: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Sally B (44-85784), an airworthy B-17 based in Europe, taking off in 2015
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