B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 44-85784 / Sally B

Source:
NARA, ID 325596924

General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-105-VE: 44-85692 to 44-85791
Delievered: Burbank
Operational History
Bomb Group: -
Bomb Squadron: -
Fate:
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History of
B-17 44-85784 / Sally B

Delivered Burbank 19/6/45; Rome 13/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 5/11/45; designated EB-17G, then ETB-17G and used for man-carrying wing tip pod tests 1949; sold IGN France as F-BGSR 31/10/54; sold to Ted White as N17TE in 1970; to UK as G-BEDF on airshow circuit at IWM Duxford, UK., as SALLY B (41-24485 more latterly as MEMPHIS BELLE).

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B-17 44-85784 / Sally B Details

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