Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, 44-85531 / 8440, US Air Force
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Registration: 44-85531
Construction Number: 8440
Code Number: 531
Military Unit: Unknown
Model Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
Operator: US Air Force
Airport: Clark AFB, Philippines
Photographer: Dave Welch Collection
Date Taken: 1956
Date Submitted: 28/08/2017
Original from C S Waterfall. No details of date known. Built by Lockheed Vega. Possibly being used at the time by the CIA for missions in Tibet. Probably scrapped in 1958 after being disassembled at Clarke AFB in 1958. Another B-17G appeared in 1960 registered as 44-85531 reregistered to N809Z to a CIA front Co.. This was corrected to 44-83785.
Picture ID:1576400