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B-17 FLYING FORTRESS/44-85740
B-17 Flying Fortress 44-85740
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Serial #: 44-85740
Construction #: 8649 (-VE)
Civil Registration:
  NL5017N
  N5017N
Model(s):
  B-17G Flying Fortress
Name: Aluminum Overcast
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2019
History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 44-85740.
  • BOC: May 18, 1945.
  • SOC: 1946.
  • Accepted at Syracuse, NY and placed into storage.
  • Transferred to Altus, OK, to be stripped of all military equipment, November 7, 1945.
Metal Products Inc, Amarillo, TX, June 17, 1946
  • Acquired as scrap for $750.
Universal Aviation Inc, Tulsa OK, July 10, 1946
  • Registered as NL5017N.
  • Intended for use in aerial mapping.
Charles T. Winters, Miami, FL August 2, 1947
  • Registered as N5017N
Vero Beach Export & Import Co., Vero Beach, FL, August 16, 1947-1949
  • converted for cargo use with reinforced flooring.
  • Used for hauling cattle between Puerto Rico and Florida.
Aero Services Corp, Philadelphia, PA, June 27, 1949-1962
  • Converted into an aerial photography and surveying platform.
  • Used for mapping the countries in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
Chris D. Stolzfus & Assoc., Coatesville, PA, August 10, 1962-1966
  • Converted for aerial sparaying.
Dothan Aviation Corp, Dothan, AL, December 1966-1978
  • Added a chemical hopper, and spray bars under the wings and used it for pest control and fire-fighting.
William E. Harrison, Tulsa, OK, February 20, 1978-1979
  • Restoration to military configuration begun.
EAA Aviation Foundation, Oshkosh, WI, August 1980-2019.
  • Restoration to military configiration completed.
  • Flown a 85740/Aluminum Overcast.
    • Damaged during gear collpase on landing, repaired.
Photo Source(s):
Brian Lockett - Goleta Air & Space Museum
Roger Cain Photography
Linda Carry.
Richard Huston via Pat Carry.
Glenn Chatfield

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