44-83684 Piccadilly lilly*

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-83684) of the 452nd Bomb Group on October the 3rd 1970. Handwritten on front of slide casing: 'Oct. 3, 1970, Farmer.' Handwritten on reverse of slide casing: 'B-17, 452nd B.G.' media-458266.jpg FRE 10748 Post war B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 44-83684) painted in the markings of the 452nd Bomb Group on 3 October 1970.

Handwritten on front of slide casing: 'Oct. 3, 1970, Farmer.' Handwritten on reverse of slide casing: 'B-17, 452nd B.G.' Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 10748 - Post war B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 44-83684) painted in the markings of the 452nd Bomb Group on 3 October 1970. Handwritten on front...

Long Beach, c. 4/45.

Assigned 447BG Rattlesden 4/45 as PICCADILLY LILLY (last aircraft assgd grp), transferred to DB-17P Director for Drones at Air Defense Weapons Centre, 3205 Drone Group, Eglin till 1960, operating last B-17 mission for USAF, before retiring to Davis-Monthan, Az.



Civil N3713G at Chino, Cal 1984; Used in film `12 O'Clock High'. Now at Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino, Cal., under restoration to fly, as PICCADILLY LILLY II (displayed as 42-31255).

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Freeman, R.; ...Story.
AAM/OSBORNE synopsis.

P. MARCHESE, 20 FEB 2022

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Douglas, Long Beach serial/ block list, Freeman, ...STORY, pg. 56.

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452nd Bomb Group Assoc.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-83684) of the 452nd Bomb Group on October the 3rd 1970. Handwritten on front of slide casing: 'Oct. 3, 1970, Farmer.' Handwritten on reverse of slide casing: 'B-17, 452nd B.G.'

Object number: FRE 10748 - Post war B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 44...