B-17G "Flying Fortress" No. 44-83690
B-17G "Flying Fortress" No. 44-83690 | |
B-17G "Flying Fortress" No. 44-83690, October 2010 | |
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Location | Heritage Museum Foundation, off US 31, Grissom Air Force Base, Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 40°40′6″N 86°7′46″W / 40.66833°N 86.12944°WCoordinates: 40°40′6″N 86°7′46″W / 40.66833°N 86.12944°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | 1945 |
Built by | Douglas Aircraft Co. |
Architectural style | Heavy Bomber |
NRHP Reference # | 93000540[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 29, 1993 |
B-17G "Flying Fortress" No. 44-83690 is a historic B-17 Flying Fortress Heavy bomber located at the Aviation Museum, Grissom Air Force Base in Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana. It was built by the Douglas Aircraft Company and delivered for use on May 9, 1945. It was flown to Grissom Air Force Base for display as a museum piece in 1961, and subsequently restored.[2]:5
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1] It was moved to the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Georgia in August of 2015.[3][4]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Paul C. Diebold (May 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: B-17G "Flying Fortress" No. 44-83690" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01..
- ↑ "Airframe Dossier - Boeing DB-17P Fortress, s/n 44-83690 USAAF, c/n 32331". Aerial Visuals. AerialVisuals.ca. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ↑ Reynolds, Jacob (12 October 2016). "B-17 restoration project to take years and thousands of dollars". 13WMAZ. WMAZ-TV. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
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