Aircraft Photo of N7227C / 483872 | Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress | Confederate Air Force | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #766389
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N7227C
Alternate Serial:483872
Military Code:VP-X
Other Marks:L
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (299)
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Aircraft Version:Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
Licence-built by:Douglas
C/n (msn):32513
Operator Titles:Confederate Air Force
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Texas Raiders
Location
City / Airport:Houston - William P HobbyMap
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KHOU   IATA: HOU   Local: HOU   Other: -
 
Photo Date:19 October 1985
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 766389
Photo Comment

Delivered to the USAAF as B-17G 44-83872 then transferred to the US Navy as PB-1W 77235 in 1945. Sold as N7227C in 1967. Registered as a B-17G. To the Confederate Air Force in 1967 who became the Commemorative Air Force in 2002. Destroyed in a fatal mid-air collision with P-63F N6763 at an airshow at Dallis-Executive in 2022.

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