DESIGNER/BUILDER: Boeing (Lockheed Vega)

DESIGNATION: B-17G-110-VE [USAAF], PB-1G [USCG]

NAME: Flying Fortress

SERIAL #/CONSTRUCTION #: 44-85829 [USAAF], 77255 [BuNo], c/n 8738

CIVIL REGISTRATION: N3193G

YAF DIVISION: Willow Run

OWNER: Yankee Air Force

COMMENTS/HISTORY: Under restoration to fly. 

"YANKEE LADY", 1st engine runs tentatively scheduled for first flight sometime in mid-1995. 
Appeared in the movie "Tora, Tora, Tora". 
Ex-Globe Air fire bomber #s 'C34' & '34'. 
Manufactured by Lockheeds Vega Division, Burbank, CA, and delivered on July 16, 1945, to the USAAF.

       Jul 1945 accepted by ATC at Burbank, CA, July 16, and ferried to the
                Lockheed Modification Center, Dallas-Love Field, TX, arriving on July 18;
       Aug 1945 aircraft was available on August 28. (5 days before VJ-Day);
       Sep 1945 flown to South Plains, TX, to be stored. Under command of ATS;
       Feb 1946 assigned to 4104th Base Unit, Rome AFB, NY, on February 20, put
                into short term storage;
       Aug 1946 assigned to 5948th Base Unit (AMC), Topeka, KS, but seemed to
                have been remained at Rome AB during the transfer to the USCG;
       Sep 1946 transferred to USCG and assigned BuAerNo '77255'. Sent to the
                Naval Aircraft Modification Unit, NAS Johnsville, PA, for
                conversion into PB-1G air-sea rescue configuration. Maybe
                modified to carry radar installation in place of the chin
                turret, all armament was deleted, and carried an A-1 lifeboat
                during some time. It may have been used in the late 1940's for
                iceberg counts conducted from Argentina, Newfoundland;
           1953 operationally based at CGAS San Francisco;
       May 1959 retired on May 11, and sold by auction at NAS Elizabeth City,
                NC to Ace Smelting of Phoenix, AZ for $5,887.93. registered
                'N3193G' and maybe ferried to Arizona;
       Nov 1959 sold November 16, to Fairchild Aerial Survey, Los Angeles, CA;
       Apr 1960 converted into aerial survey aircraft. Had 4096 flight hours;
       Aug 1965 sold August 2, to Aero Service Corporation, Philadelphia, PA;
       Oct 1965 sold October 1, to Biegert Bros., Shickley, NB. A pair of bomb bay tanks
                were installed, and the remaining survey equipment was removed;
       Mar 1966 sold March 19, to Aircraft Specialties, Mesa, AZ. further
                modified for use as air-tanker. Became Tanker '34';
       Jan 1969 flown to NAS Ford Island on Oahu, Hawaii for use in the film
                "Tora Tora Tora". After filming back to Arizona. Had 4894
                flight hours. Flew another 1000 hours in the next decade.
                Made gear-up landing in Salmon, Idaho, suffering damage to the
                retardant tank under the bomb bay;
       Feb 1981 company reorganized on February 18, as Globe Air, Inc;
       Oct 1985 all other Globe Air aircraft sold, but 'N3193G' never made the
                minimum bid and was retained by the owner, Gene Packard, for future sale.
       Jun 1986 sold June 25, to Yankee Air Force, Ypsilanti, MI, and ferried
                from Mesa, AZ, to Ypsilanti between June 30 and July 2;
       Jul 1995 under restoration to present a typical B-17G model, with the
                markings of the 381st Bombardment Group, 534th Squadron,
                as 'L' '485829' 'Y'. First flight was ?