B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 44-83884 / Yankee Doodle Dandy II aka Miss Liberty

History of
B-17 44-83884 / Yankee Doodle Dandy II aka Miss Liberty

Delivered & Assigned US Navy Johnsville 13/7/45 as PB-1W {77244}; Assigned VX-4 Quonset Pt 5/47; Norfolk 1/50; Patuxent River 29/9/50; re-designated VW-2 18/6/52; Norfolk 24/2/55; Litchfield Pk 12/3/55; SO 10/7/56; AmComp Steel Corp, Dallas 2/12/57, Civil N5230V; Marson Equip/Sal Co, Tucson 18/10/60; Aero Union Corp, Anderson, Cal 10/61 (tanker); at Barksdale AFB 8AF Museum, restored in colours of 359BS/303BG, (BN-R) at Molesworth, UK as YANKEE DOODLE DANDY II. Now at Eighth Air Force Museum, Barksdale AFB, Bossier City, LA, static as MISS LIBERTY.

Last updated: 10. June 2017