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Fortress "44-85718" was registered in South Africa while in service with the Institut GĂ©ographique National between 1965 - 1966 performing geographical survey operations. It was registered as ZS-EEC in February 1965 and operated from Pretoria until its return to Creil, France in
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before continuing to Israel. They performed the mission (despite some of the crew fainting due to defective oxygen equipment), but caused little damage. The B-17s were generally unsuitable for the needs of the
Israeli Air Force, and the nature of the conflict in which long-range bombing raids on
240:, Ontario. Three Mk.IIIA and one Mk.III were lost in crashes, and the remaining two Mk.IIIs were sold to Argentina in 1948 where they received civilian registrations (LC-RTO and LC-RTP), and hauled beef in 1948, but were parked after 1949, and were finally scrapped in 1964.
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Israeli Air Force had to be assembled quickly to defend the new nation from the war it found itself almost immediately embroiled in. Among the first aircraft acquired by the Israeli Air Force were three surplus American B-17s, smuggled via
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survey aircraft that operates as a display and memorial aircraft since 1974, originally registered in the United States it became a
British civil aircraft in 1984, aircraft is operational with B-17 Preservation Limited from the Imperial War Museum airfield at Duxford as
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Late in World War II, RAF and USAAF bombers that had been damaged in raids over the Reich would put down in Soviet-controlled territory rather than try to make it back to
Western bases, and in April 1945 the
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to avoid an arms trading ban imposed by the United States. A fourth plane was abandoned due to malfunctions and confiscated by
American officials. On their delivery flight from Europe, in retaliation for
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biplane trainer. Soviet officials tended to order the "filthy pictures" applied to the aircraft removed or painted out. The B-17s remained in service until 1948, when the
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by the RCAF) which flew 240 trans-Atlantic mail flights from Canada to
Canadian troops serving in Europe from 6 December 1943 to 27 December 1946. All six belonged to
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Another B-17G "44-8846" was to be registered as ZS-DXM but this was only reserved and not allocated to the aircraft. It is still flying today after restoration as
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The B-17 was among the first mass-produced four-engined heavy bombers. A total of more than 12,000 were made, making its use as a heavy bomber second only to the
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Gijutsu Kenkyujo (Air Technical Research Institute). They were also used to develop effective fighter aircraft battle tactics against the Flying Fortress.
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large area targets were relatively unimportant—although the psychological impact of the raids was not lost on the enemy. The aircraft were mainly used in the
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Kingdom from 1984 to 1987 with two private owners, it was sold in the United States. It was flown by the
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while in service. By September, after the RAF had lost eight B-17Cs in combat or to various accidents,
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Final Cut: The Post War B-17 Flying Fortress, The Survivors: Revised and Updated Edition
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Hess, William N. and Jim Winchester. ""Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress:Queen of the Skies".
1201:"Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress | Historical Aircraft | Royal Canadian Air Force"
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1430:"Warbird Registry - Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - A Warbirds Resource Group Site"
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bought two B-17s from Sweden in 1945. One of these planes (B-17G-35-BO 42-32076 "
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B-17 Flying Fortress: Combat and Development History of the Flying Fortress
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received six Flying Fortresses including three B-17Es (designated
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Used 25 B-17s in civil aviation under different operators.
773:- Operated USAAF B-17Fs from September to November 1943 at
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David, Donald. "Boeing Model 299 (B-17 Flying Fortress)."
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http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b17registry/b17-448846.html
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acquired two B-17Gs in 1947, remaining in use until 1954.
1893:. Conshohocken, Pennsylvania: Combined Publishing, 2001.
1677:. Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1984.
1826:, Volume 89, Issue 10, 2006. Retrieved: 15 January 2007.
1501:"UK Civil Aviation Authority aircraft register - G-BEDF"
677:- Fortress I from 7 May 1941 to February 1942, based at
1729:. Botley, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing Limited, 2003.
1305:"Israeli Air Force Bombers:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress"
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UK Civil Aviation Authority aircraft register - G-FORT
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with the Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston, Texas.
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14 B-17 were used between 1946 and 1975 by the French
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WWII European Theater of Operations (ETO) Bomb Groups
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in Dayton, Ohio, restored back to combat figuration.
782:- Fortress II from October 1944 to September 1945 at
695:- Fortress II from July 1942 to March 1944, based at
1848:. Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania: Tab Books, 1986.
1662:. Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada: Prospero Books, 1997.
1577:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1989.
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2526:Lists of military units and formations by aircraft
1744:. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Lowe & B. Hould, 1998.
1703:Frisbee, John L. "Valor: Courage and Conviction."
1334:Aloni, Shlomo (October 2006). "The Israeli View".
1592:, Granada Hills, California: Sentry Books, 1976.
1100:Trans World Airlines Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
763:- Fortress II from March 1945 to October 1945 at
610:Fortress Mk.III (SD) electronic warfare aircraft.
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1863:. Fallbrook, California: Aero Publishers, 1981.
1833:. Fallbrook, California: Aero Publishers, 1983.
1635:The Luftwaffe over Germany: Defense of the Reich
1171:"Canada's Air Force:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress"
446:and rebuilt from wrecks to flying status in the
121:. Though used at some point in all theatres of
1878:. Botley, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 1999.
1808:. Stillwater, Minnesota: Voyageur Press, 2001.
1759:. Volume 6. London:Aerospace Publishing, 1997.
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1029:. By 1946 all were retired and replaced by the
1637:. London: Greenhill Books Publications, 2007.
1570:. Dallas, Texas: Morgan Aviation Books, 1965.
1035:National Museum of the United States Air Force
294:National Museum of the United States Air Force
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1622:. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1960.
1033:. Today, one of them is on static display at
110:is a list of users who flew and operated the
108:list of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress operators
1952:. St Paul, Minnesota: Zenith Imprint, 2006.
1655:, November 1998. Retrieved: 15 January 2007.
1338:. Vol. 34, no. 10. pp. 70–74.
296:, but is currently being transferred to the
168:acquired 13 B-17s in 1951, according to the
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2469:Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress
1938:, No. 10, July–September 1979, p. 79.
1692:. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977.
602:Fortress Mark IIA maritime patrol aircraft.
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228:by the RCAF) and three B-17Fs (designated
1607:. Dulles, Virginia: Potomac Books, 2000.
1551:Arakaki, Leatrice R. and John R. Kuborn.
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1633:Caldwell, Donald and Richard Muller.
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438:Captured Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress
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292:. It has since been displayed at the
234:No. 168 Heavy Transport Squadron RCAF
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1859:Lloyd, Alwyn T. and Terry D. Moore.
1553:7 December 1941: The Air Force Story
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1660:The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft
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1934:Wisker Thomas J. "Talkback".
1923:. London: Bison Books, 1980.
1793:. New York: Doubleday, 1965.
1223:Baugher, Joe (28 July 1999).
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821:United States Army Air Forces
369:Israeli B-17s in flight, 1953
298:National Air and Space Museum
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2167:Accidents and incidents
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780:No. 519 Squadron RAF
771:No. 517 Squadron RAF
761:No. 251 Squadron RAF
751:No. 223 Squadron RAF
721:No. 220 Squadron RAF
707:No. 214 Squadron RAF
693:No. 206 Squadron RAF
535:Portuguese Air Force
46:adding missing items
2477:Twelve O'Clock High
2321:Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby
2314:Sentimental Journey
2300:Piccadilly Lilly II
1904:Thompson, Scott A.
1789:Jablonski, Edward.
1742:Big Bombers of WWII
1648:Carey, Brian Todd.
1590:Fortress In The Sky
1351:"Fortress Oddballs"
1105:Following the war,
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661:No. 59 Squadron RAF
638:RAF Coastal Command
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570:Beginning in 1952,
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189:Brazilian Air Force
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1824:Air Force Magazine
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1725:Hess, William N.
1710:Hess, William N.
1643:978-1-85367-712-0
1588:Bowers, Peter M.
1573:Bowers, Peter M.
1566:Birdsall, Steve.
1267:"OY Reg - OY-DFA"
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