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N3703G (124485)

N3703G (124485) - Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress - Liberty Foundation / Military Aircraft Restoration Group

'MEMPHIS BELLE'

at the 2011 Hamilton Air Show

 

B-17G 44-83546 was accepted by the USAAF at Long Beach on April 3, 1945 and went to Topeka, Kansas for modifications before going to Lubbock, Texas for short-term storage. It was then moved to Patterson Field, Ohio for storage and then was converted to a CB-17G (transport conversion) and assigned to Air Transport Command at San Francisco. 44-83546 was then assigned to Washington, DC and then to Germany. In 1948 it was redesignated a VB-17G (staff transport) and then assigned to Andrews AFB, followed by Offutt AFB and then to Japan during the Korean War.

 

 

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Uploaded on June 23, 2011
Taken on June 18, 2011