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    Airframe Family: Boeing B299 / B-17 Fortress
    Latest Model:B-17G-105-VE Fortress
    Last Military Serial:44-85728 USAAF
    Construction Number:8637
    Last Civil Registration:F-BGOE
    Latest Owner or Location:Institute Geographique National, Creil, France

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

    Constructed as a B-17G-105-VE by Lockheed-Vega at Burbank, California, USA.

    14 May 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-85728.
    Delivered at Louisville, KY.

    10 July 1945

    Transferred to Rome AAF, NY.

    20 October 1945

    Transferred to 4202nd Base Unit, Syracuse AAF, NY.

    28 November 1945

    To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus, OK.

    26 June 1946

    To Transcontinental Western Airlines, Kansas City, MO with new c/r NX4600.
    For use in survey and liaison work to lay out postwar routes.

    2 December 1946

    To Trans World Airlines with new c/r NL1B.
    Operated with markings: 242


    Photographer: William T. Larkins

    4 December 1946

    To Transcontinental and Western Air Inc, Kansas City, MO with new c/r N1B.

    April 1947

    To Shah of Persia, Tehran, Iran, with new c/r EP-HIM.

    27 May 1947

    Civil registration, N1B, cancelled.
    Exported to Iran.

    20 October 1952

    To Institute Geographique National, Creil, France with new c/r F-BGOE (Boeing B 17 G, 44-83728).
    Based at Creil.

    August 1967


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Last flight of this aircraft was August 22, 1967.

    27 May 1969

    Civil registration, F-BGOE, cancelled.

    Circa 1970

    Scrapped.
    At Criel.
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbird Registry by Scott Rose
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