Registration / Serial:NL1B
Fleet number:242
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (299)
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Aircraft Version:Boeing 299AB
Licence-built by:Vega
C/n (msn):8637
Operator Titles:Trans World Airline - TWA
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:December 1946 to April 1947
Photo by:William T. Larkins (Bill Larkins)
Photo ID:439493Submit Correction
View count: 381
In 1946 Vega-built USAAF B-17G 44-85728 was converted by Boeing for civil use as NX4600, and designated Boeing Model 299AB. It went to Trans World Airline in Jun 1946, for use in the Middle East, and was reregistered as NL1B in Dec 1946. It served with them only briefly, being donated to the Shah of Iran as EP-HIM in Apr 1947.
Registration / Serial:NL1B
Aircraft Version:Boeing 299AB
C/n (msn):8637
Operator Titles:Trans World Airline - TWA
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:December 1946 to April 1947
Photo by:William T. Larkins (Bill Larkins)
Registration / Serial:NL1B
Fleet number:242
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (299)
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Aircraft Version:Boeing 299AB
Licence-built by:Vega
C/n (msn):8637
Operator Titles:Trans World Airline - TWA
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:December 1946 to April 1947
Photo by:William T. Larkins (Bill Larkins)
Photo ID:439493Submit Correction
View count: 381
In 1946 Vega-built USAAF B-17G 44-85728 was converted by Boeing for civil use as NX4600, and designated Boeing Model 299AB. It went to Trans World Airline in Jun 1946, for use in the Middle East, and was reregistered as NL1B in Dec 1946. It served with them only briefly, being donated to the Shah of Iran as EP-HIM in Apr 1947.
Registration / Serial:NL1B
Aircraft Version:Boeing 299AB
C/n (msn):8637
Operator Titles:Trans World Airline - TWA
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:December 1946 to April 1947
Photo by:William T. Larkins (Bill Larkins)