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thievinggenius: Tattoo done by El Carlo Eloha.

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:47:14 -0500

thievinggenius:

Tattoo done by El Carlo Eloha.

(Shot by Peden + Munk)

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:46:47 -0500

(Shot by Peden + Munk)

peerintothepast: List of surviving Boeing B-17 Flying...

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:46:38 -0500

peerintothepast:

List of surviving Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses: (United States)

Airworthy:
B-17F
42-29782 “Boeing Bee” - stored but is airworthy and owned by the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington.

44-8543 “Chuckie” - Training Services Inc. in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

B-17G
44-83514 “Sentimental Journey” - Commemorative Air Force (Arizona Wing) in Mesa, Arizona.

44-83546 “Memphis Belle” - Military Aircraft Restoration Corp. in Anaheim, California.

44-83563 “Fuddy Duddy” - Martin Aviation Inc. in Santa Ana, California.

44-83575 “Nine-O-Nine” - Collings Foundation in Stow, Massachusetts.

44-83785 (85531?) “Evergreen International” - Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon.

44-83872 “Texas Raiders” - Commemorative Air Force (Gulf Coast Wing) in Houston, Texas.

44-85718 “Thunderbird” - Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston, Texas.

44-85740 “Aluminum Overcast” - Experimental Aircraft Association in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

44-85778 “Miss Angela” - Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, California.

44-85829 “Yankee Lady” - Yankee Air Force in Belleville, Michigan.

On display:
B-17E
41-2446 “Swamp Ghost” - unrestored at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California.

41-9032 “My Gal Sal” - National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana.

B-17F
42-3374 “Homesick Angel” - Offutt AFB, Nebraska.

B-17G
42-32076 “Shoo Shoo Baby” - National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio.

43-38635 “Virgin’s Delight” - Castle Air Museum at the former Castle AFB in Atwater, California.

44-6393 “Return To Glory” - March Field Air Museum at March Joint Air Reserve Base in Moreno Valley, California.

44-83512 “Heavens Above” - Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas.

44-83542 “Piccadilly Princess” - Fantasy of Flight Museum in Polk City, Florida.

44-83559 “King Bee” - Strategic Air and Space Museum adjacent to Offutt AFB in Ashland, Nebraska.

44-83624 “Sleepy Time Gal” - Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover AFB, Delaware.

44-83663 “Short Bier” - Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill AFB, Utah.

44-83690 “Miss Liberty Belle” - Grissom Air Museum at Grissom Air Reserve Base (former Grissom AFB) in Peru, Indiana.

44-83863 Formerly “Gremlin’s Hideout”, now unnamed - Air Force Armament Museum at Eglin AFB, Florida.

44-83884 “Miss Liberty” (formerly “Yankee Doodle II”) - Barksdale Global Power Museum (Formerly Eighth Air Force Museum) at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana.

44-85599 “Reluctant Dragon” - Dyess AFB in Abilene, Texas.

44-85738 “Preston’s Pride” - AMVETS Chapter 56 (Mefford Field) in Tulare, California.

44-85790 “Lacey Lady” - The Bomber Foundation in Milwaukie, Oregon.

44-85828 “I’ll Be Around” - Pima Air & Space Museum adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona.

Under restoration or in storage:
B-17D
40-3097 “The Swoose” - under restoration by the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio, and is the oldest known complete B-17 in existence.

B-17E
41-2595 “Desert Rat” - under restoration by Michael W. Kellner in Crystal Lake, Illinois.

41-9210 - under restoration to airworthiness by Vulcan Warbirds Inc. in Seattle, Washington.

B-17F
41-24485 “Memphis Belle” - under restoration by the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio.

B-17G
44-83525 “Suzy Q” - in storage at the Fantasy of Flight Museum in Polk City, Florida.

44-83684 “Piccadilly Lilly II” - under restoration to airworthiness by the Planes of Fame in Chino, California.

44-83814 “City of Savannah” - under restoration at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Pooler, Georgia

44-83790 - under restoration by Don Brook in Douglas, Georgia.

44-85813 - under restoration to airworthiness by volunteers at the Champaign Aviation Museum, Grimes Field in Urbana, Ohio. Registration is held by Tech II.
Source: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surviving_Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortressesyt #WWII #Aircraft #USAAF