Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - Notable B-17s

Notable B-17s

• All American - survived being almost cut in half over Tunis, but made it back to base in Algeria - there are false stories about that claim it made it back to Britain. It flew again, but was later scrapped.
• Aluminum Overcast – flying example.
• Yankee Lady – flying example, Yankee Air Force.
• Liberty Belle – former engine testbed restored as flying example, destroyed in a forced landing on 13 June 2011, outside of Chicago, Illinois; no fatalities.
• Memphis Belle – one of the first B-17s to complete a tour of duty of 25 missions in the 8th Air Force, now being restored for display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio.
• My Gal Sal
• Murder Inc. – A B-17 bombardier wearing the name of the B-17 "Murder Inc." on his jacket was used for propaganda in German newspapers.
• Nine-O-Nine – flying example, Collings Foundation of Stow, Massachusetts.
• Old 666 - the B-17 flown by the highest decorated crew in the Pacific Theater
• Piccadilly Lilly II - 200th from last B-17G to be built, used in the movie Twelve O'Clock High. As of 2011, being restored to Flight status, at the Planes of Fame museum.
• I'll Be Around - B-17G in the 390th Bomb Group Museum at the Pima Air and Space Museum adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB near Tucson, AZ.
• (The) Pink Lady
• Sally B – The last flying example in Europe.
• Sentimental Journey – flying example, Commemorative Air Force.
• Shoo Shoo Baby
• Swamp Ghost
• The Swoose - A B-17D, the oldest surviving Flying Fortress, built in 1940, collection of the Smithsonian's Air & Space Museum, being restored for display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio, simultaneously with "Memphis Belle". Flown by Frank Kurtz father of the actress Swoosie Kurtz.
• Texas Raiders – flying example, Commemorative Air Force.
• Thunderbird
• Ye Olde Pub – the B-17 that Franz Stigler did not shoot down, as memorialized in the painting "A Higher Call" by John D. Shaw.
• 5 Grand - 5,000th B-17 made, emblazoned with Boeing employee signatures, served with the 333rd Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group in Europe. Damaged and repaired after gear-up landing, transferred to 388th Bomb Group. Returned from duty following V-E Day, flown for war bonds tour, then stored at Kingman, Arizona. Following unsuccessful bid for museum preservation, the aircraft was scrapped.
• Miss Every Morning Fix'n - B 17C. Previously named 'Pamela'. Stationed in Mackay, Queensland, Australia during World War II. On 14 June 1943, crashed shortly after takeoff from Mackay whilst ferrying U.S. forces personnel back to Port Moresby. A total of 40 of the 41 persons on board were killed. It remains the worst air disaster in Australian history. The sole survivor Foye Roberts married an Australian and returned to the States. He passed away in Wichita Falls on 4 February 2004.