USAF Serial Number Search Results

44-85692 ... 44-85791 (EXACT MATCH)
Lockheed/Vega B-17G-105-VE Fortress
MSN 8601/8700.  B-17G built by Lockheed-Vega Airplane Company as part of pooled production
85706 to VB-17G. Assigned HQ TAC, Langley AFB, Virginia.  Sold on commercial market as N7045C.  Scrapped 1959.
85715 to SB-17G.  Assigned to 6th ARS [C Flight], Lajes, Azores, 1949
Assigned to 7th ARS [B Flight], Lajes, Azores Jul 31, 1949.
Assigned to AMC, Wright Patterson AFB, OH Feb 4, 1952
85718 to SNCAC at Villacoublay, France.  Dec 10, 1947 
sold to Institut Geographique National of France as F-BEEC. 
Became ZS-EEC, then F-BEEC again, and later became G-FORT. 
Returned to USA as N900RW.  Now at Lone Star Aviation 
Museum in Texas, and is still flyable.  In 2011 the plane had 238050 on its tail and was 
painted to represent "Thunderbird"
85728 (MSN 8637) bought by TWA for use in survey and liaison work to lay out postwar routes.  Was originally 
registered NX4600 1946.  Civil registry later to NL-1B.  Later given to Shah of Iran under 
registration EP-HIM.  Became F-BGOE after Iran and then scrapped.
85731 to Navy as BuNo 83996 in 1947 as spare parts source
85733 to SNCAC at Villacoublay, France.  Sold to Institut 
Geographique National of France and registered F-BEEB
Feb 20, 1948.  Crashed and destroyed at Yaounde, 
Cameroun March 11, 1949.
85734 converted to JB-17G.  Converted as turboprop test bed by 
Pratt & Whitney under civil registration NX-5111N. 
Became N5111N, later N817BR. Went to New England Air Museum, 
Windsor Lock, CT between 1967 and 1987.  Nearly
destroyed in tornado Mar 10, 1979.  Remains traded to Tom Reilly
in 1987 in exchange for work done on a museum B-25H.  Assigned
civil registration of N817BR in July 1999.  Registration N390TH reserved Sep 10, 2003, taken
up Feb 20, 2004.  Was flying on tour as "Liberty Belle" with a false tail number of 42-97849.
Fire broke out shortly after takeoff from Aurora Municipal Airport, Illinois Jun 13, 2011.  Made
emergency landing in a farm field near Oswego, Illinois.  All aboard escaped uninjured, but aircraft
was destroyed by fire.
85738 converted to DB-17G then to EDB-17G and
then back to DB-17G.  Delivered by air Aug 4, 1958 to
AMVETS Chapter 56, Tulare, CA.  Moved in 1971 to compound
at Perry's Coffee House, Tulare, then back on permanent 
display in 1981 at AMVETS of Tulare, CA
85740 sold to Metal Products, Amarillo, TX Jun 17, 1947 for
scrapping but registered Jul 10, 1947 to Universal
Aviation Inc of Tulsa, OK as N5017N .  Now
owned by Experimental Aircraft Association of
Oshkosh, WS and maintained in flying condition painted
in colors of 398th BG B-17G 42-102516 "Aluminum
Overcast" which was shot down over France on Aug 13, 1944.
85741 sold on commercial market as N5110N.
Scrapped at some unknown date.
85746 (SB-17G) assigned to AMC, Olmsted AFB, PA
Assigned to 2153rd RU, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Mar 15, 1949
Assigned to 7th RS [D Flight], Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Oct 3, 1949
Assigned to AMC, Olmsted AFB, PA Sep 18, 1950 for maintenance
Assigned McChord AFB, WA.  Crashed near Tyler Peak, WA Jan 19, 1952.  3
killed, 5 survived.  Wreckage still there.
85747 loaned to Navy as BuNo 83999 for engine testbed work.
85748 to Navy as BuNo 83997 in 1947 as spare parts source
85752 to TB-17G drone controller with ball turret replaced by AS-154/APS-10
antenna.
85762 to Navy as BuNo 83998 in 1947 as spare parts source
85774 sold to Bolivian user as CP-621.  
Returned to USA as N621L and destroyed July 1975.
85778 converted to TB-17G and then to VB-17G. Sold on civilian market as N3509G and used as
aerial tanker.  Put in storage at Aero Nostalgia
hangar at Stockton Airport, CA.  Now with Pond Warbirds, Palm Springs, CA, but hasn't
flown for several years.  On display at Palm Springs Air Museum, named "Miss Angela"
85784 converted to EB-17G and to ETB-17G.  Sold to Institut Geographique National
of France as F-BGSR.  Sold to American users as N17TE but never taken to USA.  Moved to Britain and re-
registered as G-BEDF.  Currently flying as *Sally B* with B-17 Preservation Ltd of Duxford with false 
tail number 124485 (Memphis Belle).  Used in remake of film *Memphis Belle*
85790 to Art Lacey of Milwaukee, OR 1947 and ferried from Altus AFB, OK to Portland, OR Mar 8-10, 1947.  By Sept 1947
was on display above Lacy's Bomber Gas Station in Milwaukie, Oregon.  Reported still there in 1980.  Moved to
Lacey's Bomber Restaurant in 1990.  44-85790 nose section was removed in 1996, restored and now at the Wings of
Freedom Showcase, Milwaukie, Oregon.  Rest of aircraft still at the gas station.  The gas station is now 
closed but The Bomber Restaurant at the same site is still open.  Engines removed 2012.  Airframe removed
2014 by B-17 Alliance Group of Aurora for rebuild to flying condition.