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Description Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress ‘238050 - BN-U’ (N900RW) “Thunderbird” (40388540551).jpg |
c/n 8627(-VE) Actual US military serial 44-85718. Purchased by Institut Geographique National (IGN) at Creil, France, in 1947 and registered as F-BEEC. Operated by IGN on surveying work until 1978, including time in South Africa as ZS-EEC, and then stored until 1984. Made airworthy again, she then became G-FORT with Doug Arnold’s ‘Warbirds of Great Britain’, moving on to The Fighter Collection at Duxford in 1986. Repainted in her current scheme as “Thunderbird”, she was delivered to Texas in July 1987 and joined the Lone Star Flight Museum. She is seen in the museum’s previous home at Galveston, Texas, United States. 18th March 2017 |
Date | Taken on 18 March 2017, 14:53 |
Source | Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress ‘238050 / BN-U’ (N900RW) “Thunderbird” |
Author | Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK |
Camera location | 29° 16′ 14.56″ N, 94° 51′ 14.61″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 29.270710; -94.854058 |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Hawkeye UK at https://flickr.com/photos/65001151@N03/40388540551 ( archive ). It was reviewed on 27 February 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. |
27 February 2018