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Champaign Lady is the name of a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress that was delivered to the U.S. military near the end of World War II and did not see combat action. The plane is currently undergoing restoration at Grimes Field in Urbana, Ohio, by the Champaign Aviation Museum. [1]
Yankee Lady is a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress owned by a private collector, previously owned by the Yankee Air Museum. Originally delivered to the U.S military in 1945, the plane did not see combat action; it was used by the United States Coast Guard for over a decade. Purchased by the Yankee Air Museum in 1986, it was restored to a World War II ...
Sally B is the name of an airworthy 1945-built Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress. At 79 years old, she is the only airworthy B-17 based in Europe, as well as one of three B-17s preserved in the United Kingdom. The aircraft is presently based at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, in eastern England. [1]
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Sentimental Journey (44-83514) is the nickname of a B-17G Flying Fortress bomber. It is based at the Commemorative Air Force Museum in Mesa, Arizona, US. [3] The aircraft is regularly flown to airshows throughout North America. The nose art features Betty Grable, the number one pinup girl of the World War II era.
A Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided in midair with a B-17 Flying ... The B-17G Flying Fortress was equipped with 11 to 13 machine guns and capable of a 9,600-pound bomb load. The 36-seat plane in ...
Nine-O-Nine was a Boeing B-17G-30-BO Flying Fortress heavy bomber, of the 323d Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group, that completed 140 combat missions during World War II, believed to be the Eighth Air Force record for most missions without loss to the crews that flew her.
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress: Bomber United States Army Air Forces: 1944- Only flying B-17 survivor to have seen action in Europe during World War II. Sally B: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Bomber B-17 Preservation Ltd 1945- Only airworthy B-17 left in Europe. Used in the 1990 film Memphis Belle. Sentimental Journey: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress ...