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| Registration / Serial: | "42-30180" |
| Military Code: | AW-O |
| Other Marks: | C |
| 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): | 32504 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | 96 BG |
| City / Airport: | Valparaiso / Destin / Fort Walton Beach - Eglin AFB (KVPS / VPS)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | Air Force Armament Museum |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 768690Submit Correction |
| View count: | 74 |
This is actually B-17G 44-83863 painted to represent a 96th BG B-17F, that unit being much later reformed as the 96th Test Wing here at Eglin. B-17F 42-3018 as painted was lost after conversion to an 'Aphrodite' flying bomb launched against U-boat pens in September 1944. The B-17G on show was delivered to the USN as PB-1W BuNo 77231 in 1945 and from 1947 was used in AEW testing by VX-4. Later with VC-11 and VW-1 before civilianisation as N6464D in 1957. Used as a fire tanker in the 1960s, becoming N5233V. Preserved at Eglin from 1975
| Registration / Serial: | "42-30180" |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress |
| C/n (msn): | 32504 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Valparaiso / Destin / Fort Walton Beach - Eglin AFB (KVPS / VPS)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | "42-30180" |
| Military Code: | AW-O |
| Other Marks: | C |
| 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): | 32504 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | 96 BG |
| City / Airport: | Valparaiso / Destin / Fort Walton Beach - Eglin AFB (KVPS / VPS)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | Air Force Armament Museum |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 768690Submit Correction |
| View count: | 74 |
This is actually B-17G 44-83863 painted to represent a 96th BG B-17F, that unit being much later reformed as the 96th Test Wing here at Eglin. B-17F 42-3018 as painted was lost after conversion to an 'Aphrodite' flying bomb launched against U-boat pens in September 1944. The B-17G on show was delivered to the USN as PB-1W BuNo 77231 in 1945 and from 1947 was used in AEW testing by VX-4. Later with VC-11 and VW-1 before civilianisation as N6464D in 1957. Used as a fire tanker in the 1960s, becoming N5233V. Preserved at Eglin from 1975
| Registration / Serial: | "42-30180" |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress |
| C/n (msn): | 32504 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Valparaiso / Destin / Fort Walton Beach - Eglin AFB (KVPS / VPS)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 13 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | "42-30180" |
| Military Code: | AW-O |
| Other Marks: | C |
| 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): | 32504 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Valparaiso / Destin / Fort Walton Beach - Eglin AFB (KVPS / VPS)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | Air Force Armament Museum |
| Photo Date: | 20 March 2015 |
| Photo by: | Jack PoelstraContact |
| Photo ID: | 629570Submit Correction |
| View count: | 260 |
Painted as 42-30180, but is in fact ex USAAF 44-83863.
| Registration / Serial: | "42-30180" |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress |
| C/n (msn): | 32504 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Valparaiso / Destin / Fort Walton Beach - Eglin AFB (KVPS / VPS)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 20 March 2015 |
| Photo by: | Jack PoelstraContact |
| Registration / Serial: | "42-30180" |
| Military Code: | AW-O |
| Other Marks: | C |
| 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): | 32504 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Valparaiso / Destin / Fort Walton Beach - Eglin AFB (KVPS / VPS)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Collection: | Air Force Armament Museum |
| Photo Date: | 20 March 2015 |
| Photo by: | Jack PoelstraContact |
| Photo ID: | 629570Submit Correction |
| View count: | 260 |
Painted as 42-30180, but is in fact ex USAAF 44-83863.
| Registration / Serial: | "42-30180" |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress |
| C/n (msn): | 32504 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Valparaiso / Destin / Fort Walton Beach - Eglin AFB (KVPS / VPS)Map |
| Region / Country: | Florida, United States |
| Photo Date: | 20 March 2015 |
| Photo by: | Jack PoelstraContact |