B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 44-85718 / Thunderbird

History of
B-17 44-85718 / Thunderbird

Delivered Louisville 9/5/45; Rome 5/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 21/11/45; IGN France [F-BEEC] 10/12/47 CHARLOTTE; Bitteswell, Leics, GB as G-FORT 12/6/84; US Civil N900RW; restored as 42-38050 of 359BS/303BG at Molesworth, UK, now N900RW at Lone Star Flight Museum at Galveston, Tex., airworthy as THUNDERBIRD.

Last updated: 18. May 2017

B-17 44-85718 / Thunderbird Details