B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

sold to commercial user as N6470D and
later re-registered as N5229V.
Scrapped Dec
1961.
83884 transferred to US Navy as BuNo 77244.
sold on civilian market as N6471D and
later re-registered N5230V.
Currently on
display at Barksdale AFB, LA in
original
USAAF serial of 44-83884.
44-85492/85591 Lockheed/Vega B-17G-95-VE Fortress
c/n 8401/8500
85494 transferred to Brazilian Air Force as
5411. Withdrawn from service in 1968.
85495, 85514, 85537, 85542, 85574
transferred
to Navy. Navy designation and serials
not known.
85507 sold on commercial market as N5116N.
Crashed in Nevada desert Nov 10, 1952.
85510 crashed May 16, 1946 while attempting
to land at Hamilton Field AFB.
Struck crest of White's Hill 8 mi SW of
Hamilton. Of the 9 aboard, 2 died
at the crash site and one died later.
Maxwell records indicate that
there were 4 fatalities, with no
indication of when they died.
This plane is sometimes incorrectly
listed as 85516
85519 to Portugal as FAP 7404 in 1947. W/o
1953.
85531 registered Sept 1957 to Western
Enterprises, Inc of Taiwan (founded by
the CIA in 1951). In late 1957
missions were staged from Kurmitola Air
Field in East Pakistan to parachute
agents into Tibet. Stored at Clark
AFB Dec 1957. Disassembled for parts
at Clark between March and Oct 1958.
It is believed that this plane was
eventually scrapped.
The number 44-85531 appeared again as