Production Block : B-17G-110-VE: SN 44-85828 / restored to 42-31892



Manufacturer : Lockheed/Vega





The B-17G, 44-85828, the last of several B-17Gs named, I'll Be Around, was delivered to Dallas 13/7/45; South Plains, 31/8/45; Rome 2/46; NAF Johnsville 9/9/46 [77254]; converted into camera and survey ship for United States Coast Guard; Elizabeth City 31/3/47 and operated these activities until 1959, the last mission from Alaska; United States Coast Guard San Francisco 9/59; Elizabeth to retire, the last B-17 used by USAF with a military crew on 14/10/59; Joe Marrs, Opa Locka, FLA, 8/3/60 (Civil N9323R); Serv-Air, White Plains, NY 4/60; Tropical Export TREDCO, Fort Lauderdale 23/5/62; Hugh Wheeless, Dothan, Al 17/7/62 (sprayer); Black Hills Avn. Spearfish, SD 4/10/62 (tanker B-30); Aero Flite, Cody, WY, 3/1/64; Bruce Kinney, Richey, Mont 1975; Aircraft Spec. Mesa, AZ, 18/5/78; swapped for C-54 tanker and restored as static, 42-31892, of 390th Bomb Group, Framlingham, Suffolk, U.K., at Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.