B-17 FLYING FORTRESS/44-83624
Serial #: 44-83624
Construction #:
32265 (-DL)
Civil Registration:
None
Construction #:
32265 (-DL)
Civil Registration:
None
Model(s):
B-17G Flying Fortress
MB-17G Flying Fortress
TB-17P Flying Fortress
DB-17P Flying Fortress
Name: Sleepy Time Gal
Status: Static Display
Last info: 2017
B-17G Flying Fortress
MB-17G Flying Fortress
TB-17P Flying Fortress
DB-17P Flying Fortress
Name: Sleepy Time Gal
Status: Static Display
Last info: 2017
History:
Delivered to USAAF as 44-83624.
- BOC: ???
- SOC: 1948
- Served as a Drone Director (DB-17G) with the Guided Missile Wing at Eglin AFB, FL
USAF Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 1957-1989
- Delivered June 17, 1957.
- Displayed as 483624/VE.
Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, DE, 1989-2017
- Delivered disassembled for restoration June 16, 1989.
- Restored for static display, 1989-1996.
- Displayed as 381st BG/Sleepy Time Gal.
Delivered to USAAF as 44-83624.
- BOC: ???
- SOC: 1948
- Served as a Drone Director (DB-17G) with the Guided Missile Wing at Eglin AFB, FL
USAF Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 1957-1989
- Delivered June 17, 1957.
- Displayed as 483624/VE.
Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, DE, 1989-2017
- Delivered disassembled for restoration June 16, 1989.
- Restored for static display, 1989-1996.
- Displayed as 381st BG/Sleepy Time Gal.
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.
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Photo Source(s):
Linda Carry.
Research Assistance:
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Linda Carry.
Research Assistance:
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