USAF Serial Number Search Results

44-83586 ... 44-83685 (EXACT MATCH)
Douglas/Long Beach B-17G-90-DL Fortress
MSN 32227/32326
83587 sold on commercial market as N7046C.  Scrapped in 1959.
83592 converted to DB-17G.  Flown by Paul Mantz to film the famous crash-landing
scene at the beginning of 'Twelve O'Clock High' in 1949.
83599 to Kingman, AZ.
83623 delivered Patterson Apr 15, 1945, to Kirkland Apr 21, 1945.  To 4100 BU at Patterson Apr 22, 1945.
To RFC at Kingman Nov 2, 1945.
83624 assigned to 552nd BS, 381st BG at Ridgewell Apr 1945.  Returned to USA in 1945 and converted to MB-17G 
and then to TB-17G and then to DB-17G and then to DB-17P.  Operated as director aircraft with
3205th drone squadron at Eglin AFB.  Dropped from USAF inventory Jun 1957.  Was at USAF Museum, OH in 
1988 as "Picadilly Lily" (originally as 42-107112)
Now on display at Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Delaware as "Sleepy Time Gal".
Carries serial number 2107112 on one side.
83625 delivered Patterson Apr 23, 1945.  Slated for 8th AF, but transferred to Love Field Apr 25, 1945.  To RFC
at Kingman Oct 31, 1945.
83626 converted to F-9C photo recon aircraft
with all bombing equipment removed and cameras
added.  Redesignated RB-17G in 1948.
83634 sold on commercial market as N7042C.  Scrapped in 1959.
83637 to TB-17G.  Assigned to AMC, Robins AFB, GA.   Assigned to AMC, Tachikawa, Japan
83642 to SB-17G.  Assigned to 54th ARS, Goose AB, Labrador.  Assigned to 57th ARS, Lajes, Azores May 17, 1953
To AMC, Olmsted AFB, PA Sep 30, 1955. Scrapped
83649 converted to QB-17G drone by May 1953
83653 transferred to US Navy.  Navy designation and serial is not known.
83661 converted to VB-17G.  Damaged in ground accident Andersen AFB, Guam Oct 9, 1950.
83663 converted to TB-17G.  Sold to Brazilian AF as 5400.  Returned to USAF in June 1968 and loaned as N47780 
to Yesterday's Air Force in Chino, CA in early 1973.  In 1978 loaded to Warbird Museum, Topeka, KS and flown to
a museum at the Coast Guard station in Clearwater, FL.  Museum closed and the plane was transferred to
a museum in Cleveland, Ohio.  
In 1987 moved to display at Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, Ogden, Utah, wearing colors of 860th BS, 493rd BG based at 
Debach, Suffolk, UK as "Short Bier".
83667 delivered South Plains May 1, 1945, to Patterson May 25, 1945.  To RFC at Kingman Oct 25, 1945.
83668 delivered South Plains May 1, 1945, to Patterson May 25, 1945.  To RFC at Kingman Oct 27, 1945.
83669 to QB-17N drone at Patrick Field in 1954.
83670 deliverd South Plains May 1, 1945, to Patterson May 25, 1945, to RFC at Kingman Oct 26, 1945.
83671 to US Navy as CB-17 in 1946
83672 delivered South Plains May 1,1945, to Patterson May 25, 1945, to RFC at Kingman Oct 25, 1945.
83673 delivered South Plains May 3, 1945, to Patterson May 25, 1945.  To RFC at Kingman Oct 27, 1945.
83675 delivered South Plains May 2, 1945, to Patterson May 25, 1945, to Rome Jul 17, 1945, to
484th BNU topeka Aug 5, 1945.  To 4000 BU at Patterson Sep 29, 1947, to HQS/807 BA Haneda, Japan Jan 1, 1948.
To AMC Hill Field Sep 1,1949.  converted to VB-17G.  Ditched due to engine failure 9 mi SE of Haneda AB, Japan 
Sep 27, 1950.
83678 (DB-17G) crashed on Eglin Reservation Nov 5, 1948
due to pilot error.  5 crew killed.
83684 converted to DB-17G and then to DB-17P.  Flew the last operational
mission by a USAF B-17 Aug 6, 1959 when it directed QB-17G 44-83717 out
of a Holloman AFB as a target for a Falcon air-to-air missile
fired by an F-101.  Retired to MASDC Aug 1959.Sold on civilian market as N3713G.  Used in 'Twelve
O'Clock High' TV series as 'Picadilly Lily'.  Later flown in various movies.  Withdrawn from use in 1975.  On display
at Planes of Fame museum in Chino, CA as "Picadilly Lily II"  Will be restored to
flying condition with sponsorship from Ruby's Diner chain.  Registration
N3713G was revoked but has been restored by FAA Oct 30, 2006.