B17G 44-83411

[Forgotten Field]

Any information on this B17? Thanks,

[Todd Hackbarth]

According to the book: "The B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Design - Production - History" by Roger A. Freeman with David Osborne, 44-83411 was used as a CB-17 by 5th Air Force Headquarters in Korea with a radar dome mounted in place of the chin turret.

[Forgotten Field]

Thanks, Todd- appreciate the information.

[aerovin]

My log of the record card shows:


Accepted for service on 2/28/45;
Stored at South Plains AAF (Lubbock), TX, until 7/45;
Then assigned to Far East Air Forces;
Redesignated as a CB-17G in 4/48;
Redesignated as a VB-17G in 9/48;
Assigned to a drone squdron in 12/56, probably at Patrick AFB, FL.
Redesignated as a QB-17N in 12/56;
Reclaimed at Partick AFB, in 7/57, meaning probably destroyed in a missile test.