b17gflyingfortress

142 photos tagged b17gflyingfortress, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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bob hoover collection image

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  • Stig Jarlevik said:
    This was B-17G 44-85747 on loan to the US Navy from 1947 testing mostly Allison turboprops during the mid 1950s. The US Navy assigned its own Bu No 83999 but no specific designation. Some say it was the NB-17G.... Stig

97th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress

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  • Dustin Bowen said:
    This plane was fitted with a 20mm cannon as the tail gun.

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  • Stig Jarlevik said:
    Perhaps you should explain why you tag this as 44-85531? Short answer is that General Enterprises thought they had bought that one, but somebody with the Agency must have checked because already after some 8 months in use the FAA was notified they wanted to change the identity of the aircraft. N207EV was the new registration this aircraft got in March 1979. For all James Bond fans, this was the aircraft used in the film Thunderball from 1965. The Fulton gear was still intact by then. Stig