44-83722
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 8845 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-83722) and an L-5 Sentinel (serial number 42-98752) of the 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron, 4th Air Force....
Mod as SB-17G Air Sea Rescue aircraft with H2X in nose turret with yellow nads and wing panels, Hamilton 4/46; Yucca Flats where badly damaged in ground atomic bomb tests; purchased by Aviation Specialties at Falcon Fd as hangar queen 5/65; then by Kermit Weeks in 10/85, still stored dismantled Borrego, Cal 1988.
