List of surviving Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses
Surviving aircraft

List of surviving Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses

Section Title: Surviving aircraft
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Serial	Geographic location	Institutional location	Status	History	Photo

40-3097	United States Dayton, Ohio	National Museum of the United States Air Force	under restoration for display	Built at Boeing Seattle in 1940 as B-17D. Sent to Hawaii in May 1941.	-

41-2446	United States Ford Island, Hawaii	Pacific Aviation Museum	under restoration for display	Built at Boeing Seattle as B-17E. Delivered to USAAF 6 December 1941.	-

41-2595	United States Marengo, Illinois	Private (Michael W. Kellner)	under restoration to airworthiness	Built at Boeing Seattle as B-17E. Named "Desert Rat" by her crew.

41-9032	United States New Orleans, Louisiana	National World War II Museum	display	Built at Boeing Seattle as B-17E. Assigned to 342nd Bomb Squadron and named "My Gal Sal." During a ferry flight on 27 June 1942, crash landed in Greenland.	-

41-9210	United States Everett, Washington	Flying Heritage Collection	in storage but registered with FAA	Built at Boeing Seattle as B-17E. Sold immediately after production on the civilian market in 1943 to a Canadian airline.

41-24485	United States Dayton, Ohio	National Museum of the United States Air Force	display	Built at Boeing Seattle as B-17F. Taken on strength 15 July 1942.	B17 Memphis Belle fully restored

42-3374	United States Omaha, Nebraska	Offutt AFB	display	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17F. Did not go overseas.

42-29782	United States Seattle, Washington	Museum of Flight	display but registered with FAA	Built at Boeing Seattle as B-17F. Modified in Wyoming and subsequently used by training units at Blythe Field and McClellan Field.	-

42-32076	United States Dayton, Ohio	National Museum of the United States Air Force	in storage	Built at Boeing Seattle as B-17G. In March 1944 assigned to 91st Bomb Group at RAF Bassingbourn.	-

43-38635	United States Atwater, California	Castle Air Museum	display	Built at Boeing Seattle as B-17G. Wears livery of 42-3352 "Virgin's Delight." of 410th Bomb Squadron, which was shot down in North Sea 29 November 1943.	-

44-6393	United States Riverside, California	March Field Air Museum	display	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17G. Named "Starduster."	-

44-8543	United States Madras, Oregon	Erickson Aircraft Collection	airworthy	Built at Vega Burbank as B-17G. Named "Madras Maiden."	-

44-8846	France Paris	Forteresse Toujours Volante	airworthy	Built at Vega Burbank as B-17G. Flown to RAF Polebrook 1 March 1944 and assigned to 511th Bomb Squadron.	-

44-8889	France Paris	Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace	in storage	Built at Vega Burbank as B-17G. Sold in 1954 to Institut géographique national. Retired to museum in 1976.

44-83512	United States San Antonio, Texas	Lackland AFB	display	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17G. Wears livery of 42-97328 "Heaven's Above."	-

44-83514	United States Mesa, Arizona	Commemorative Air Force	airworthy	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17G. Purchased in 1959 by Aero Union Corporation of Chico, California.	-

44-83525	United States Polk City, Florida	Fantasy of Flight	in storage but registered with FAA	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17G. Converted to DB-17G in 1950.

44-83542	United States Polk City, Florida	Fantasy of Flight	display	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17G. Sold to Aero Union Corporation and used as a water bomber.	-

44-83546	United States Anaheim, California	Military Aircraft Restoration Corp.	airworthy	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17G. Put in storage at the end of the War.	-

44-83559	United States Ashland, Nebraska	Strategic Air and Space Museum	display	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17G. Taken on strength 5 April 1945.	-

44-83563	United States Santa Ana, California	Lyon Air Museum	airworthy	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17G. Taken on strength 7 April 1945.	-

44-83575	United States Stow, Massachusetts	Collings Foundation	airworthy	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17G. Served in 1st Rescue Squadron and Military Air Transport Service.	-

44-83624	United States Dover, Delaware	Air Mobility Command Museum	display	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17G. Sent to assigned to Patterson Field in April 1945.	-

44-83663	United States Roy, Utah	Hill Aerospace Museum	display	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17G. Wears livery of "Short Bier" of the 493rd Bombardment Group.

44-83684	United States Chino, California	Planes of Fame Air Museum	under restoration to airworthiness	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17G.	-

44-83690	United States Warner Robins, Georgia	Museum of Aviation	under restoration for display	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17G. Assigned to USAF Museum in 1961.	-

44-83718	Brazil Rio de Janeiro	Museu Aeroespacial	in storage	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17G. Served with 1061st Rescue Flight in Libya during 1948-1949.

44-83735	United Kingdom Duxford, Cambridgeshire	Imperial War Museum Duxford	display	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17G. Wears livery of 44-83735 "Mary Alice" of the 615th Bombardment Squadron.	-

44-83785	United States Stow, Massachusetts	Collings Foundation	display but registered with FAA	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17G. Used in the final scene of Thunderball in 1965.	-

44-83790	United States Douglas, Georgia	Private (Don Brooks)	under restoration for display	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17G. Crash landed on frozen Dyke Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador on 24 December 1947.

44-83814	United States Pooler, Georgia	Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum	under restoration for display	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17G. Sold in 1951 to California Atlantic Airways.	-

44-83863	United States Valparaiso, Florida	Air Force Armament Museum	display	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17G.

44-83868	United Kingdom London	Royal Air Force Museum London	display	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17G. Taken on strength 6 July 1945.	-

44-83872	United States Houston, Texas	Commemorative Air Force	airworthy	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17G. Transferred to the U.S.	-

44-83884	United States Bossier City, Louisiana	Barksdale Global Power Museum	display	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17G. Penultimate Douglas B-17.	-

44-85599	United States Abilene, Texas	Dyess AFB	display	Built at Vega Burbank as B-17G. Moved to Dyess AFB in 1974 for display.	-

44-85583	Brazil Recife, Pernambuco	Recife Air Force Base	display	Built at Vega Burbank as B-17G. Sold to Brazilian Air Force in 1951.

44-85718	United States Houston, Texas	Lone Star Flight Museum	airworthy	Built at Douglas Long Beach as B-17G. Sold in 1947 to Institut Geographique National in France.	-

44-85734	United States Douglas, Georgia	Private (Don Brooks)	under restoration for display	Built at Vega Burbank as B-17G. Restored in livery of 42-97849 "Liberty Belle" of the 570th Bombardment Squadron.	Liberty Belle Reykjavík01.JPG

44-85738	United States Tulare, California	Mefford Field	display	Built at Vega Burbank as B-17G. Given to AMVETS Chapter 56 in 1958.	-

44-85740	United States Oshkosh, Wisconsin	Experimental Aircraft Association	airworthy	Built at Vega Burbank as B-17G. Wears livery of 42-102516 "Aluminum Overcast."	-

44-85778	United States Palm Springs, California	Palm Springs Air Museum	display but registered with FAA	Built at Vega Burbank as B-17G. Named "Miss Angela."	-

44-85784	United Kingdom Duxford, Cambridgeshire	Imperial War Museum Duxford	airworthy	Built at Vega Burbank as B-17G. Placed in storage after delivery.	-

44-85790	United States Salem, Oregon	B-17 Alliance Museum	under restoration to airworthiness	Built at Vega Burbank as B-17G. Flown to Rome 14 July 1945.

44-85813	United States Urbana, Ohio	Champaign Aviation Museum	under restoration to airworthiness	Built at Vega Burbank as B-17G. Converted to a JB-17G testbed variant by Curtiss Wright.	-

44-85828	United States Tucson, Arizona	Pima Air and Space Museum	display	Built at Vega Burbank as B-17G. Placed in storage.	-

44-85829	United States Belleville, Michigan	Yankee Air Force	airworthy	Built at Vega Burbank as B-17G. Restored in livery of generic 534th Bombardment Squadron plane.	-

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Aluminum Overcast, B-17G, s/n 44-85740 is one of airworthy Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses surviving airframes.

final_sentence: Aluminum Overcast, B-17G, s/n 44-85740 is one of airworthy Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses surviving airframes.