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B-17 FLYING FORTRESS/44-83718

Serial #: 44-83718
Construction #:
  32359 (-DL)
Civil Registration:
  None
Model(s):
  B-17G Flying Fortress
  TB-17H Flying Fortress
  SB-17G Flying Fortress
Name: None
Status: Stored
Last info: 2025
History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 44-83718.
- BOC: May 1945
- SOC: N/A
Delivered to Força Aárea Brasileira as B17-5408.
- BOC: 1955
- SOC: October 1968
- Displayed at Natal AB, Brazil, 1970-1980
Museu Aeroespacial, Campo dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro, 1980-2025
- Damaged during shipping from Natal to Rio de Janeiro.
- Stored, awaiting restoration, 1980-2025.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-5th Edition, 2008.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2025.
Photo Source(s):
Unknown

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