B-17 Serial Numbers - JeanneRickey.com

with false tail number 124485
(Memphis Belle). Muse in remake of
film *Memphis Belle*
85790 to Art Lacey of Milwaukee, OR 1947 and
ferried from Altus
AFB, OK to Portland, OR Mar 8-10, 1947.
By Sept 1947
was on display above Lacy's Gas Station
in Milwaukie, Oregon.
Reported still there in 1980.
44-85790 nose section was removed in 1996, restored and now at
the Wings of
Freedom Showcase, Milwaukie, Oregon.
Rest of aircrast still at the gas
station. The gas station is now closed
but The Bomber Restaurant
at the same site is still open.
44-85792/85841 Lockheed/Vega B-17G-110-VE Fortress
c/n 8701/8750
85806 transferred to US Coast Guard Nov 1946
as PB-1G
Bu No. 77245. Sold on commercial
market Dec 1955 as
N7739B and later re-registered as
N117W.
Sold to Bolivian operator as CP-762.
Crashed Dec 10, 1964
La Paz, Bolivia and scrapped.
85812 transferred to US Coast Guard as PB-1G
Bu No. 77246. Sold on civilian market
as
N4710C. Crashed May 8, 1976 while
serving as sprayer.
85813 converted to EB-17G turboprop test bed
by Curtiss
Wright. Designation changed to JB-17G
in 1956. Sold
To Curtiss Wright in 1957 under civil
number N6694C.
Went through succession of civilian
owners, ultimately
Ending up as aerial tanker. Crashed on
takeoff Apr 16, 1980
from Bear Pen Airport, North Carolina.