B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

Aviation Inc of Tulsa, OK as N5017N .
Now
owned by Experimental Aircraft
Association of
Oshkosh, WS and maintained in flying
condition painted
in colors of 398th BG B-17G 42-102516
"Aluminum
Overcast" which was shot down over
France on Aug 13,
1944.
85741 sold on commercial market as N5110N.
Scrapped at some unknown date.
85746 (SB-17G) crashed near Tyler Peak, WA
Jan 19, 1952. 3
killed, 5 survived. Wreckage still
there.
85747 loaned to Navy as BuNo 83999 for engine
testbed work.
85748 to Navy as BuNo 83997 in 1947 as spare
parts source
85752 to TB-17G drone controller with ball
turret replaced by AS-154/APS-10
antenna.
85762 to Navy as BuNo 83998 in 1947 as spare
parts source
85774 sold to Bolivian user as CP-621.
Returned to USA as N621L and destroyed
July 1975.
85778 converted to TB-17G and then to VB-17G.
Sold on civilian market as N3509G and
used as
aerial tanker. Put in storage at Aero
Nostalgia
hangar at Stockton Airport, CA. Now
flying with Pond Warbirds, Palm Springs, CA.
85784 converted to EB-17G and to ETB-17G.
Sold to Institut Geographique National
of France as F-BGSR. Sold to American
users as N17TE. Moved to Britain and
reregistered
as G-BEDF. Currently
flying as *Sally B*
with B-17 Preservation Ltd of Duxford