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B-17 FLYING FORTRESS/44-83663

     

Serial #: 44-83663
Construction #:
  32304 (-DL)
Civil Registration:
  N47780

Model(s):
  B-17G-90-DL Flying Fortress
  TB-17G Flying Fortress
Name: Short Bier
Status: Display
Last info: 2017

History:
Delivered to FA Brasileira as B17-5400, May, 1951.
USAF Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, October 1968-1973.
- Arrived from Brazil, October 5, 1968.
- Loaned to Yesterdays Air Force, Chino, CA, June 15, 1973-1986.
-- Registered as N47780.
-- Displayed at Combat Air Museum, Topeka, KS, 1977-1980.
-- Displayed at Yesterdays Air Force, St. Petersburg, FL, July 13, 1980-1986
Hill AFB Museum, UT, November 1986-2017.
- Arrived dismantled .
- Restored for static display.
- Displayed as 483663/Short Beir.

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