B-17 FLYING FORTRESS/43-38635
    
	
      Serial #: 43-38635
Construction #: 9613
Civil Registration:
N3702G
Location:
37°21'54.2"N 120°34'41.8"W
	
    
    Construction #: 9613
Civil Registration:
N3702G
Location:
37°21'54.2"N 120°34'41.8"W
      Model(s):
B-17G Flying Fortress
TB-17G Flying Fortress
EB-17G Flying Fortress
ETB-17G Flying Fortress
Name: Virgin's Delight
Status: Static Display
Last info: 2025
	
    B-17G Flying Fortress
TB-17G Flying Fortress
EB-17G Flying Fortress
ETB-17G Flying Fortress
Name: Virgin's Delight
Status: Static Display
Last info: 2025
      History: 
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 43-38635.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
National Metals Company, Phoenix, AZ, July 31, 1959.
- Registered as N3702G.
Louis A. Kordish, Long Beach, CA, November 11, 1959.
Chas J. Fischer, Los Angeles, CA, April 22, 1960.
Edgar A. Neely/Fast-Way Air Service, Long Beach, CA, July 21, 1960-1967.
- Converted to fire tanker, 1960.
- Flew as tanker #E61.
TBM Inc, Tulare, CA, April 25, 1967-1979.
- Flew as tanker #E61 (later #61).
Aero Union Corp, Chico, CA, November 1, 1979.
USAF Museum, Castle AFB, CA, November 26, 1979-2025.
- Displayed as 38635/A-N/Virgin's Delight.
    
 
          Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 43-38635.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
National Metals Company, Phoenix, AZ, July 31, 1959.
- Registered as N3702G.
Louis A. Kordish, Long Beach, CA, November 11, 1959.
Chas J. Fischer, Los Angeles, CA, April 22, 1960.
Edgar A. Neely/Fast-Way Air Service, Long Beach, CA, July 21, 1960-1967.
- Converted to fire tanker, 1960.
- Flew as tanker #E61.
TBM Inc, Tulare, CA, April 25, 1967-1979.
- Flew as tanker #E61 (later #61).
Aero Union Corp, Chico, CA, November 1, 1979.
USAF Museum, Castle AFB, CA, November 26, 1979-2025.
- Displayed as 38635/A-N/Virgin's Delight.


      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-6th Edition, 2025.
  	
  
 	
 
                   
            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-6th Edition, 2025.
 
        

 
                    



