1946-1954-USC Hancock College of Aeronautics; then purchased and flown as a civil aircraft
1947-1952: Boy Scout Troop 67, displayed at Hamilton Airport as Polo Queen; then purchased and flown as a civil aircraft
1946-1952: American Legion Post 64; then purchased and flown as a civil aircraft
Four Rivers Boy Scouts Council for local Air Scouts; gone by 1950
Delivered from Walnut Ridge, April 1946, by Harry Flood for city war memorial
1946-1947: City of Salem memorial displayed at airport and Block House Square. Miss X; 398th BG veteran.
1946-1952: University of Minnesota; then purchased and flown as a civil aircraft
1946-1950: Carleton College (Northfield, MN) and parked at Stanton Airfield; then to Jack Lysdale (1950), then exported to Bolivia as CB-71 and CP-571 as a civil aircraft
1945-1953: Montana State College; then purchased and flown as civil aircraft
1945-1951; North Dakota Public School District #3; then purchased and flown as a civil aircraft
1947, used as an airport marker at Russell Field; then civil N66570, CB-97, CP-597
1946-1953: Washington State University; then purchased and flown as a civil aircraft
I knew a Frenchman whose family had a sheep ranch in Algeria. In the late 40's early 50's they operated a surplus B17 to fly the sheep to France over the Mediterranean.
ReplyDeletethat is the coolest thing I've heard today! Thanks!
DeleteIt's a shame that none of these memorials still exist. I've seen a couple of memorials with Korean era airplanes, but none with WWII.
ReplyDeleteI got a chance to walk (crawl) through a B-17 in Collegedale TN (home of Little Debbie junk food and a big local employer) 5 or more years ago while staying in the area for a few months. I believe it was Memphis Belle, but not sure. It was amazingly small inside, and totally uninsulated. Nowadays a modern fighter can carry much larger loads of munitions. My neighbor was a tail gunner on one that was shot down over Europe and became a POW as a result. The greatest generation for sure.
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