Miscellaneous B-17 Information

A total of 12,731 B-17s were made. Of this total, 6,981 were manufactured by Boeing Aircraft, 3,000 by Douglas Aircraft, and 2,750 by Vega Aircraft (now called Lockheed). Below is a table showing the number that was made for each model:

Model	Number Made	Year First Flown
299 (XB-17)	1	1935
Y1B-17	13	1937
Y1B-17A	1	1938
B-17B	39	1939
B-17C	38	1940
B-17D	42	1941
B-17E	512	1941
B-17F	3,405	1942
B-17G	8,680	1943

A total of 46 B-17s still survive intact, and 12 of these are currently flying. In addition to those surviving intact, some survive partially intact and a few planes have been located but still not recovered. There are various B-17 crash sites located throughout the world, but at most of these sites little exists today except for metal scrap, or, as is often the case with underwater sites, the aircraft itself has never actually been located.

Below is a table showing the current disposition of existing B-17s, by model:

Model	Currently Flying	Being Repaired	On Static Display	In Storage	Being Restored	Partially Intact
B-17D				1
B-17E					3
B-17F			1	1	1	1
B-17G	12	1	19	4	3	2

The table below shows details for B-17s known to exist today, in serial number order. Aircraft with serial numbers shown in red have had recent changes made to their information.

Serial Number	Aircraft Name	B-17 Model	Status	Possessor of Aircraft	Aircraft Location
40-3097	The Swoose	D	In storage	National Air and Space Museum	Suitland, MD
41-2446		E	Not recovered	Half submerged in swamp	Papua, New Guinea
41-2452	Black Jack	E	Not recovered	Underwater	Papua, New Guinea
41-9234	Blackcat Gap	E	Not recovered	On mountainside	Papua, New Guinea
41-2595	Desert Rat	E	Being restored	Mike Kellner	Marengo, IL
41-9032	My Gal Sal	E	Being restored	Blue Ash Airport	Cincinnati, OH
41-9101		E	Not recovered	Under ice	Greenland
41-9105		E	Not recovered	Under ice	Greenland
41-9210		E	Being restored	Vulcan Warbirds	Arlington, WA
41-24485	Memphis Belle	F	Being restored	USAF Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB	Dayton, OH
42-29782	Boeing Bee	F	In storage	Museum of Flight, Boeing Field	Seattle, WA
42-30861		F	Partially intact	Fairbanks, AK(wings, tail) Blue Ash Airport (fuselage)	Fairbanks, AK Cincinnati, OH
42-3374	Homesick Angel	F	On display	Offutt AFB	Omaha, NE
42-32076	Shoo Shoo Baby	G	On display	USAF Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB	Dayton, OH
42-97854		G	Not recovered	Underwater	Graah Fjord, Greenland
43-38635	Virgin's Delight	G	On display	Castle Air Museum	Atwater, CA
44-6393	Return to Glory	G	On display	March Air Museum	Riverside, CA
44-8543	Chuckie	G	Flying	Vintage Flying Museum	Fort Worth, TX
44-8846	Pink Lady	G	Flying	Association Forteresse Toujours Volante	Paris, France
44-8889		G	In storage	Musee de l'Air at Le Bourget	Paris, France
44-83316		G	Partially intact (parts being used to restore 44-85813)	Aero Trader's storage area	Borrego Springs, CA
44-83512	Heavens Above	G	On display	Lackland AFB	San Antonio, TX
44-83514	Sentimental Journey	G	Flying	Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing	Mesa, AZ
44-83525	Suzy Q	G	In storage	Fantasy of Flight Museum	Polk City, FL
44-83542	Piccadilly Princess	G	On display	Fantasy of Flight Museum	Polk City, FL
44-83546	Memphis Belle Replica	G	Flying	Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation	Chino, CA
44-83559	King Bee	G	On display	Strategic Air Command Museum	Ashland, NE
44-83563	Fuddy Duddy	G	Flying	Martin Aviation, John Wayne Airport	Santa Ana, CA
44-83575	Nine-O-Nine	G	Flying	Collings Foundation	Stow, MA
44-83624	Sleepy Time Gal	G	On display	Dover AFB Museum	Dover, DE
44-83663	Short Bier	G	On display	Hill AFB Museum	Ogden, UT
44-83684	Piccadilly Lilly II	G	On display Being restored	Planes of Fame	Chino, CA
44-83690	Miss Liberty Belle	G	On display	Grissom Air Museum, Grissom AFB	Peru, IN
44-83718		G	In storage	Museu Aeroespacial	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
44-83722		G	Partially intact (parts being used to restore 44-85813)	Aero Trader's storage area	Borrego Springs, CA
44-83735	Mary Alice	G	On display	American Air Museum	Duxford, England
44-83785	Shady Lady	G	On display (but airworthy)	Evergreen Aviation Educational Center	McMinnville, OR
44-83790		G	Being restored	Brooks Aviation, Inc.	Douglas, GA
44-83814		G	In storage	National Air and Space Museum	Dulles International Airport, VA
44-83863	Gremlin's Hideout	G	On display	Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin AFB	Valparaiso, FL
44-83868		G	On display	Bomber Command Museum	Hendon, England
44-83872	Texas Raiders	G	Flying Being repaired	Commemorative Air Force Gulf Coast Wing	Houston, TX
44-83884	Yankee Doodle Dandy	G	On display	Eighth Air Force Museum, Barksdale AFB	Bossier City, LA
44-85583		G	On display	Base Aerea do Recife	Recife, Brazil
44-85599	Reluctant Dragon	G	On display	Dyess Linear Air Park, Dyess AFB	Abilene, TX
44-85718	Thunderbird	G	Flying	Lone Star Flight Museum	Galveston, TX
44-85734	Liberty Belle	G	Flying	Liberty Foundation	Kissimmee, FL
44-85738	Preston's Pride	G	On display	AMVETS	Tulare, CA
44-85740	Aluminum Overcast	G	Being repaired Flying	Experimental Aircraft Association	Oshkosh, WI
44-85778	Miss Angela	G	Flying	Palm Springs Air Museum	Palm Springs, CA
44-85784	Sally B	G	Flying	B-17 Preservation Trust	Duxford, England
44-85790	Lacey Lady	G	Partially intact On display	Lacey's Bomber Inn and Restaurant	Milwaukie, OR
44-85813		G	Being restored	Grimes Field	Urbana, OH
44-85828	I'll Be Around	G	On display	390th Memorial Museum	Tucson, AZ
44-85829	Yankee Lady	G	Flying	Yankee Air Force, Willow Run Airport	Ypsilanti, MI