Aircraft Photo of N207EV | Boeing B-17G/AT Flying Fortress | Evergreen Helicopters | AirHistory.net #763462
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N207EV
Other Marks:22
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (299)
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Aircraft Version:Boeing B-17G/AT Flying Fortress
C/n (msn):32426
Operator Titles:Evergreen Helicopters
Location
City / Airport:Marana - Pinal AirparkMap
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KMZJ   IATA: MZJ   Local: MZJ   Other: -
 
Photo Date:14 October 1985
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 763462
Photo Comment

Delivehred to the USAAF as 44-83785 in 1945. To the Republic of China Air Force as 835 in 1956. To Air America as N809Z in 1960. Fitted with the Fulton Skyhook recovery system. To Intermountain Aviation in 1961. Featured in the James Bond film Thunderball in 1965. Modified to a firebomber in 1969. Intermountain merged into Evergreen Helicopters in 1975 Reregistered as N207EV in 1979. Restored to military configuration at Marana, AZ in 1989/1990. To the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, McMinnville, OR in 1996 then to the Collings Foundation in 2015.

This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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