| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | 67-672 |
| Alternate Serial: | 672 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (299) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress |
| C/n (msn): | 7190 |
| Operator Titles: | Denmark - Air Force |
| Aircraft Name: | Store Bjørn |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Leiden - ValkenburgMap |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EHVB IATA: LID Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | February 1953 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 281797 |
| Photo Comment |
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B-17G 42-32076 Shoo Shoo Baby of 91 BG made an emergency landing at Malmö on 29 May 1944 and was interned in Sweden. Converted to airliner as SE-BAP. Sold to DDL in 1946 as OY-DFA Stig Viking. To Danish air force and converted for photographic survey work for Danish Geodetic Institute, particularly in Greenland, but seen here most probably at EHVB after 1953 flood disaster. To French IGN in 1954 as F-BGSH. Final flight on 15 July 1961 and then cannibalized. Donated to USAF in 1972 and restored for museum display. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie This photo was added on 22 September 2020, and has since been viewed 610 times. |