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Re: B-17E in Galt, Il? Any new info?

Posted by Matt on Mon Apr 01, 2002 08:23:31 PM

In reply top B-17E in Galt, Il? Any new info? posted by bdk on Mon Apr 01, 2002 08:00:26 PM

Try this http://www.heavybombers.com/b-17restored-422595.asp


: Any updated info?????
:
: Very few B-17Es survive today. One of them is 41-2595, whi
: ch had been converted in 1944 to a transport under the des
: ignation XC-108A. After the war, this plane was consigned
: to a junkyard where it sat forlornly in pieces for many ye
: ars. In 1985, the bits and pieces of 41-2595 were recovere
: d by an aviation antique enthusiast and moved to Galt Airp
: ort in Illinois, where they await reassembly and restorati
: on.

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