B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 44-85829 / Yankee Lady

History of
B-17 44-85829 / Yankee Lady

Delivered Dallas 16/7/45; Sth Plains 3/9/45; Rome 1/3/46; NAAF Mustin Fd 6/46 [77255]; United States Coast Guard Elizabeth City 6/12/46; Inter Ice Patrol, Argentia, Nfd 4/47; NAS Norfolk 4/52; United States Coast Guard San Francisco 10/52; Elizabeth City 3/54; NAF Johnsville 10/55; Inter Ice Patrol, Argentia, Nfd 1956; Elizabeth City 9/58; Ace Smelt/Corp, Phoenix 11/5/59 (Civil N3193G); Fairchild Air/Surv, LA 16/11/59, modified with cameras and floors plus nine new crew positions; Aero Serv/Corp 2/8/65; Biegert Bros, Shickley, Neb 11/65 (sprayer); Air/Spec, Mesa, Az 3/66 (tanker 34); flew to Hawaii for film Tora, Tora, Tora; owners re-named Globe Air; Yankee Air Force, Ypsilanti, Mich 7/68 and restored in 1995 as [GD-Y] 534BS/381BG, Ridgewell, Ex, UK, flying as YANKEE LADY.

Last updated: 31. December 2018