B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 44-6953

History of
B-17 44-6953

Delivered Hunter 28/12/44; Grenier 6/1/45; Assigned 8AF 12/1/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 29/6/45; Sth Plains 3/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/11/45; to Alaskan Air Command 1949 as VB-17, with tail turret out and extra radio dept. window fitted; used as cargo/transport for troops; carried Arctic markings; force landed two miles E of Fairbanks, Ak, with Bill Thornton 1/2/51.

Last updated: 19. October 2019