USAF Serial Number Search Results

44-83686 ... 44-83863 (EXACT MATCH)
Douglas/Long Beach B-17G-95-DL Fortress
MSN 32327/32504
83726, 83749, 83765 transferred to US Navy.  Navy designations and serials are not known.
83686 missing in Amanioshima area, Okinawa Jul 25, 1946.  All onboard missing.
83690 delivered May 9, 1945 and assigned to Patterson AFB in Ohio, 4100 Base Unit, where it was put into storage.
Converted to DB-7G and used in nuclear tests and in missile tests.  Removed from USF inventory Aug 1960.
Flown to Grisssom AFB (then known as Bunker Hill) in Indiana for display in 1961.  At one time painted as 
B-17G-10-BO 42-31255, but again painted as itself.  Plan to tranfer the plane to Robins AFB Museum of Aviation
in fall of 2015.  
83699 assigned to 537th ABG, Harmon AB, Newfoundland.
Assigned to Detachment 537th ABG, Lajes, Azores Jun 8, 1948.  Assigned to MATS, Keflavik, Iceland Feb 23, 1949
Redesignated TB-17G 12Apr 12, 1949.  Redesignated SB-17G Jun 6, 1949.  Assigned 6th ARS, Keflavik, Iceland by Mar 8, 1951
Assigned to AMC, Olmsted AFB, PA Mar 8, 1951.
83700 converted to B-17H.
83701 to SB-17G.  To AMC, Olmsted AFB, PA.  Assigned to 7th RS [B Flight], Lajes, Azores Apr 23, 1952.
Assigned to 57th ARS, Lajes, Azores Nov 14, 1952.
To AMC, Davis Monthan AFB, AZ Apr 12, 1956 for storage
83703 delivered Cheyenne May 9, 1945.  To Hunter Jun 6, 1945.  to Grenier Jun 22, 1945  Assigned to ATC Atlantic
Division Apr 30, 1947.  Assigned to 1391st BU, Lajes, Azores Jan 1, 1948.  Redesignated B-17H Feb 4, 1948.
Assigned to 523rd ABG, Lajes, Azores Jun 1, 1948.  Redesignated SB-17G Aug 4, 1948.
Assigned to 1050th RU [C Flight], Lajes, Azores Aug 27, 1948.
Assigned to 2152nd RU [C Flight], Lajes, Azores Sep 2, 1948
Assigned to 6th RS [C Flight], Lajes, Azores Apr 25, 1949
Assigned to AMC, Olmsted AFB, PA Aug 5, 1949. To reclamation Aug 24, 1949
83705	 toTB-17G.  53rd RS, VLR, Weather. Detached to Kindley Field, Bermuda 1946.  Assigned 6th ARS [A Flight], 
Narsarsuaq, Greenland.  Assigned to 7540th MG, Burtonwood, England Oct 28, 1951 for repairs.
Assigned to 6th ARS [A Flight], Narsarsuaq, Greenland Nov 16, 1951.
Assigned to 2058th AWW, Wiesbaden [Erbenheim], West Germany Oct 13, 1952
Redesignated TB-17G Oct 13, 1952.  Assigned to AMC Dec 31, 1953 and transferred to Hill AFB, UT Feb 1, 1954
83707 converted to SB-17G.  Assigned to ATC.  Redesignated SB-17G Jan 1, 1948.
Assigned 61st TCG, Frankfurt-Rhein Main, West Germany Jan 1, 1948.
Crashed on Cheval Blanc Mountain in southern France Jan 31, 1948.
9 killed, one survived.
83709	 to TB-17G.  53rd RS, VLR, Weather. Detached to Kindley Field, Bermuda 1946
83710 crashed near Rifle, Colorado Oct 26, 2948.  Plane ran out of fuel, crew
of 4 parachuted to safety.
83712 to Portugal as FAP 276.  Crashed Apr 1, 1948.
83713 to TB-17G.  Assigned to ATC Atlantic Division Apr 30, 1947.
Assigned to 1391st BU, Lajes, Azores Jan 1, 1948.  Redesignated TB-17H Mar 2, 1948
Assigned to 523rd ABG, Lajes, Azores Jun 1, 1948.  Redesignated SB-17G Aug 4, 1948
Assigned to 1050th RU [C Flight], Lajes, Azores Aug 19, 1948
Assigned to 2152nd RU [C Flight], Lajes, Azores Sep 2, 1948
Assigned to 6th RS [D Flight], Kindley Field, Bermuda Jun 10, 1949
Assigned to 6th RS [C Flight], Lajes, Azores Jul 12, 1949
Assigned to AMC, Olmsted AFB, PA Aug 13, 1949 for maintenance
Assigned to 7th RS [A Flight], Wiesbaden [Erbenheim], West Germany Nov 21, 1949
Assigned to 60th ABG, Wiesbaden [Erbenheim], West Germany Jul 26, 1950. Salvage Oct 5, 1950
83714 converted to SB-17G.  (4th ARS) damaged in taxiing accident at Hamilton AFB, CA Aug 24, 1950.
83717 to SB-17G.  Assigned 6th ARS [C Flight], Goose AB, Labrador
Converted to QB-17G and expended Aug 6, 1959 as target for  Falcon missile fired by F-101.
83718 to TB-17H.  Assigned 5th RS, Pope AFB, NC.  Assigned to 1061st Rescue Flight, Wheelus, Libya Jul 26, 1948.
Redesignated SB-17G Jul 29, 1948.  Assigned 2154th RU, Wheelus, Libya Sep 2, 1948.
Assigned to 7th RS [C Flight], Wheelus, Libya Oct 3, 1949.
Assigned to 4th RS, Hamilton AFB, CA Aug 31, 1950
Sold to Brazilian Air Force as 5408.  Put on display at Museu Aerospacial in Rio de Janeiro.  Currently stored 
disassembled. 
83719 to TB-17H.  Assigned to 5th RS, Pope AFB, NC.  Assigned to 1061st Rescue Flight, Wheelus, Libya Jul 16, 1948
Redesignated SB-17G Jul 29, 1948.  Assigned 2154th RU, Wheelus, Libya Sep 2, 1948.
Assigned to 7th RS [C Flight], Wheelus, Libya Oct 3, 1949.  Assigned to 4th RS, Hamilton AFB, CA Aug 31 1950
83720 (F-9C) with 338th RS, 5th RG crashed at Momote Air Station, Los Negros
Island, Philippines Jun 25, 1947.
83722 to TB-17H.  Assigned to 8th RU, Hamilton AFB, CA.  Assigned to 1414th BU, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1948
Assigned to 1060th Rescue Flight, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Jun 1948.
Assigned to 2153rd RU, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Sep 2, 1948.  Redesignated SB-17G Sep 3, 1948
Assigned to AMC, Olmsted AFB, PA Jul 20, 1949.  Converted to B-17H, later redesignated SB-17G and assigned to 2nd ERS
as a search and rescue aircraft.  Deliberately subjected to blast and radiation damage during three nuclear
tests at Yucca Flats, NV.  Remains sold 1965 to Aviation Specialties.
Sold to Kermit Weeks in 1985 and put in partial storage at
Ocotillo Wells, CA.  In 1997 was at Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, FL
83724 (MSN 32365) Converted to SB-17, damaged landing gear & engine while landing on Greenland icecap during rescue 
attempt for crew of C-47 42-23794 Dec. 1948  Crews rescued by ski-equipped C-47 
83728 sold to Institut Geographique National of France as F-BGOE.  Scrapped 1970.
83729 sold to Institut Geographique National of France as F-BEED.  Scrapped 1962.
83729 to SNEC, Villacoublay, France before going to Institut Geographique
National at Creil Dec 10, 1947.  Registered F-BEED Jun 1, 1948
and named "Denise".  WFU and used for spares 1962.  Remains still
reported at Creil 1973.
83730 to SB-17G.  Assigned to 1st RS, MacDill AFB, FL.  Assigned to 7th RS [A Flight], Wiesbaden [Erbenheim], 
West Germany Apr 19, 1950.  Assigned 9th ARS [D Flight], Wiesbaden [Erbenheim], West Germany Feb 20, 1951.
Assigned to 9th ARS Headquarters, Bushey Park, England Apr 25, 1951.
Assigned to 7540th MG, Burtonwood, England, May 1951 for maintenance.  Assigned Hamilton AFB, CA
83735 sold on commercial market as N68269 and
converted to executive transport.  To SECA, Le Bourget, France
Aug 23, 1952, then sold to Institut Geographique National of France 
Dec 30, 1952 as F-BDRS.  WFU at Criel Aug 1972.  Now at the American Air Museum, Imperial 
War Museum at Duxford, England, painted as B-17G-35-BO 42-31983 "Mary Alice".
83750 to Bolivian AF in 1956.  Sold to Lloyd Aero Boliviano as CP-623 Nov 1956.
W/o at La Paz/El Alto July 28, 1958.
83751 to Navy as BuNo 83993 in 1947 as spare parts source
83753 sold on commercial market as N5024N and converted into cargo aircraft.
Ended up transferred to Israeli air force.  After arrival in Israel served with 69 "Hammer" 
Squadron from 1948 to circa 1958, when it was withdrawn due to age
Scrapped in August 1962.
83755 to SB-17G.  Assigned to AMC, Olmsted AFB, PA.  Assigned to 7th RS [B Flight], Lajes, Azores Apr 8, 1952
Assigned 57th ARS, Lajes, Azores Nov 14, 1952.  To AMC, Davis Monthan AFB, AZ Mar 22, 1956 for storage
83756 to SB-17G. Assigned to AMC, Olmsted AFB, PA.  Assigned 7th RS [D Flight], Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Oct 3, 1949
Assigned to AMC, Olmsted AFB, PA Sep 11, 1950 for maintenance.  Assigned to MATS, Keflavik, Iceland Mar 19, 1951
Assigned to 6th ARS [C Flight], Keflavik, Iceland Nov 26, 1951.
Assigned to 53rd ARS, Keflavik, Iceland Nov 14, 1952 but previously assigned to AMC Sep 16, 1952
Assigned to AMC, Kelly AFB, TX Nov 13, 1952
83757 sold on commercial market as N5198N.  To SECA at Le Bourget, France and
then sold Jul 25, 1950 to Institut Geographique National of
France and registered as F-BDRR Sep 16, 1950.  WFU and registration
cancelled in 1962.  Scrapped in 1962.  Stripped hulk still at Creil
Sep 1972.	
83763 sold on commercial market as N7041C, scrapped Nov 1959.
83764 transferred to Brazilian Air Force as 5409.  Crashed in 1964.
83768 to SB-17G.  Assigned to 77th ARS, Hickam AFB, HI.  Assigned to 2058th AWW, Wiesbaden [Erbenheim], West Germany
Mar 13, 1953.  Redesignated TB-17G Mar 14, 1953.  Assigned to 29th WS, Wheelus, Libya Mar 15, 1953.
Assigned to AMC Nov 2, 1953 and transferred to Hill AFB, UT Nov 9, 1953
83771 to TB-17H.  Assigned to 1386th BU, Meeks Field, Keflavik, Iceland.
Crashed near Lerwick, Shetland Islands Jan 3, 1947 after crew bailed out
83778 sold on commercial market as N7040C, scrapped 1959.
83779 crashed due to bad weather at Hokuseikiko, Formosa Mar 19, 1946.
MACR 15495.
83780 to TB-17H.  Assigned to 5th RS [D Flight], Westover AFB, MA.  Redesignated SB-17G Jul 31, 1948
(6th ARS) crashlanded at Ernest Harmon AFB, Newfoundland Mar 6, 1951.
83781 to SB-17G.  Assigned 6th to ARS [C Flight], Goose AB, Labrador
Assigned to 60th TCW, Wiesbaden [Erbenheim], West Germany Mar 30, 1951 to Apr 12, 1951 for repairs
83783 (MSN 32424) while attached to 4th Emergency Rescue Squadron went missing May 27, 1946 in Kwajalein area.
83785 converted to TB-17G and then SB-17G and then back to TB-17G.  Sold on commercial market
and operated by CIA front Intermountain Aviation as N809Z.  Used to drop and retrieve two American
men and equipment from drifting abandoned Soviet ice station.  Appeared in movie *Thunderball* with
Fulton skyhook system installed. Registered to Evergreen Vintage Aircraft of Oregon as N207EV by 1993.  Put
on inside display at the Evergreen AirVenture Museum in McMinnville, OR.  Museum was renamed in 1997 as 
the Captain Michael King Smith Evergreen Aviation Educaion Center.
83790 crash landed on frozen Dyke Lake in Labrador Dec 23,
1947.  Crew rescued, aircraft abandoned and sank to
bottom of lake.  Aircraft located in July 1998. Recovered Sep 9, 2004
from lake, now under restoration to fly at Douglas, GA
83794 converted to SB-17G.  (6th ARS) crashed on takeoff at Ernest
Harmon AFB, Newfoundland May 21, 1951.
83798 (MSN 32439) converted to VB-17G.  While attached to HQ Sqn/13th Far East Air Logistics Force at Honshu AB, Japan
Feb 23, 1950 while parked at Tachikawa AB was damaged when C-46D 44-78187 taxied into it
83802 converted to B-17H
83809 loaned to USCG and returned in 1948.  To Bolivian AF in 1956,
to Corporacion Boliviano de Fomento as CP-626 Dec 1956.
W/o at Caranavi, Bolivia Oct 25, 1959.
83810 to Navy as BuNo 83994 in 1947 as spare parts source
83811 sold on commercial market as N5014N and operated by Universal Aviation of Tulsa, 
OK as a photo-mapping aircraft on contract to the US Army Mapping Service..
Ended up with Israeli air force, probably as 1601.  After arrival in Israel it served with 69 "Hammer" 
Squadron from 1948 to circa 1958, when it was withdrawn due to age.  Sold to
American user as N9814F, but was impounded in Algeria Mar 1958 for
carrying arms.  Aircraft returned to Israel and dismantled.
Aircraft fuselage sold to Columbia Pictures.  Fuselage noted at Croydon, England Sep 1961 and used for
static shots in the film "The War Lover".  Subsequently broken up
in a scrapyard in Middlesex, England ca. 1962.
83814 deliverd Syracuse Jun 15, 1945.  To RFC at Altus, OK Nov 5, 1945..  to North Dakota Public School District, 
Hazen, ND in 1947.  Sold to California Atlantic Airways of St. Petersburg, FL and registered
Jun 20, 1951 as N66571 and then to Canada with Kentling Aviation Ltd of Toronto as CF-HPB.  Operated  by 
Photographic Survey Corp of Toronto in 1954, and from 1955 to 1956 by Hunting Aerosurveys of Canada.
From 15 May 1957 to 1960 Operated by Photographic Survey Corp, Toronto ONT.  From 11 February 1960 to 1962 
Operated by Hunting Survey Corp, Toronto ONT. 9 April 1962 to 1971 Returned to and operated by Kenting Aviation 
Ltd, Toronto ONT.  1969 relocated to Spearfish, SD for restoration. Composite rebuild at Spearfish using 
parts of XA-BEC (unidentified), fuselage and wings of B-17F 41-2451; nose and tail of 44-83812.
1 April 1971 To Arnold Kolb/Black Hills Aviation, Spearfish, SD with c/r N66571. (Later operated out of Alamogordo, NM.)
To NASM Jan 7, 1982 and displayed from 1982 to 1984 at Pima County Air Museum, Tucson, AZ, markings changed to 483814.
2 April 1984 Certificate of airworthiness for N66571 (B-17G, 32455) issued.
24 April 1984 Transported by ground. Delivered to Smithsonian-National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC. 
Arrived dismantled Washington-Dulles: stored.
8 January 2009 Loaned to National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Pooler, Savannah, GA. Transported via road dismantled. 
November 2015. Aircraft restoration completed for display 
83824 converted to SB-17G.  Assigned to AMC, Olmsted AFB, PA
Assigned to 7th ARS [B Flight], Lajes, Azores Feb 13, 1952
Assigned to 57th ARS, Lajes, Azores Nov 14, 1952
Assigned to AMC, Davis Monthan AFB, AZ Feb 28, 1956 for storage
83842 sold on commercial market as N1212N.  Re-registered with bogus serial of N7712M and
covertly exported to new Israeli AF.  Interned in Azores by Portuguese authorities 
on way to Israeli air force. Passed along to Portuguese AF.  Subsequent history
after impoundment in Azores is unclear--one sourse says it went to
Dominican AF as FAD 2301, another says to Portuguese AF for spares.
83845 to Navy as BuNo 83995 in 1947 as spare parts source
83851 sold on commercial market as N1098M and converted to cargo carrier.  
Found its way to Israeli Air Force.  After arrival in Israel served with 69 "Hammer" 
Squadron from 1948 to circa 1958, when was withdrawn due to age.  Scrapped August of 1961.
83855 transferred to U. S. Navy as PB-1W BuNo 77225
83857/83859 transferred to U. S. Navy as PB-1W Bu No. 77226/77228.
83861/83863 transferred to U. S. Navy as PB-1W Bu No. 77229/77231.