Production-block:
B-17G-85-DL: 44-83486 to 44-83585
Manufacturer:
Douglas
History of
B-17 44-83553
Delivered Topeka 3/4/45; Slated 15AF, transferred Sth Plains 20/4/45; Patterson 25/5/45; 4132 BU Garden City 1/10/45; San Antonio 5/2/46; 4121 BU Kelly 14/2/46; 15 TSK Gp Clovis 25/3/46; 556 BU Long Beach 9/6/46; 1503 BU Hamilton 16/6/46; Assigned 509 Comp Gp, Roswell (Operation Crossroads) 21/8/46; 1 EG Eglin 28/2/47; 605 BA Eglin 4/3/48; 4141 BU Pyote 29/3/48; Recl Comp 18/4/50.
Last updated: 19. October 2018
24. January 2021 access_time 19:49
A photo showing this aircraft as a drone in 1946 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:QB-17_Flying_Fortress_Drones_over_New_Mexico_1946.jpg