This Fortress did not see operational wartime service, but in July 1950 was fitted with special drone control equipment at Olmsted AFB, PA to become a DB-17G. Operated with the 3200 Proof Test Wing from Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands on nuclear tests in 1951 and transferred to Patrick AFB, FL in 1955 where additional drone equipment was fitted, bringing it to DB-17P standard. Flown by the Missile Test Center, it was one of the last military B-17s active. Flown to Bunker Hill AFB in July 1961 and displayed at the Grissom Air Museum in olive drab, named "Miss Liberty Belle". To Robins 2015

Original model B-17G-90-DL painted on left side of nose fuselage. Fake serial, is in fact ex USAF 44-83690.

9 May 1945: TOS USAAF and put into storage with the 4100th Base Unit at Patterson Field, OH. 11/45: 4168th Base Unit, South Plains Field, TX. 6/47: 4141st Base Unit, Pyote Field, TX. 9/18/47: TOS USAF. By 2/51: Converted to DB-17G and flew to Kwajalein in the South Pacific for Operation Greenhouse nuclear testing. 1956: 3235th Drone Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL. Converted to a DB-17P drone director for testing various anti-aircraft missiles until the end of 1959. 8/60: WFU. 1961: Flown to Bunker Hill AFB (now Grissom AFB), IN, for display. 8/15: Trucked to the Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB.

9 May 1945: TOS USAAF and put into storage with the 4100th Base Unit at Patterson Field, OH. 11/45: 4168th Base Unit, South Plains Field, TX. 6/47: 4141st Base Unit, Pyote Field, TX. 9/18/47: TOS USAF. By 2/51: Converted to DB-17G and flew to Kwajalein in the South Pacific for Operation Greenhouse nuclear testing. 1956: 3235th Drone Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL. Converted to a DB-17P drone director for testing various anti-aircraft missiles until the end of 1959. 8/60: WFU. 1961: Flown to Bunker Hill AFB (now Grissom AFB), IN, for display. 8/15: Trucked to the Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB.

9 May 1945: TOS USAAF and put into storage with the 4100th Base Unit at Patterson Field, OH. 11/45: 4168th Base Unit, South Plains Field, TX. 6/47: 4141st Base Unit, Pyote Field, TX. 9/18/47: TOS USAF. By 2/51: Converted to DB-17G and flew to Kwajalein in the South Pacific for Operation Greenhouse nuclear testing. 1956: 3235th Drone Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL. Converted to a DB-17P drone director for testing various anti-aircraft missiles until the end of 1959. 8/60: WFU. 1961: Flown to Bunker Hill AFB (now Grissom AFB), IN, for display. 8/15: Trucked to the Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB.

9 May 1945: TOS USAAF as 44-83690 and put into storage with the 4100th Base Unit at Patterson Field, OH. 11/45: 4168th Base Unit, South Plains Field, TX. 6/47: 4141st Base Unit, Pyote Field, TX. 9/18/47: TOS USAF. By 2/51: Converted to DB-17G and flew to Kwajalein in the South Pacific for Operation Greenhouse nuclear testing. 1956: 3235th Drone Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL. Converted to a DB-17P drone director for testing various anti-aircraft missiles until the end of 1959. 8/60: WFU. 1961: Flown to Bunker Hill AFB (now Grissom AFB), IN, for display with fake serial. 8/15: Trucked to the Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB.