Aircraft Photo of G-BEDF / 485784 | Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #639192
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-BEDF
Alternate Serial:485784
Military Code:YB-E / E
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (299)
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Aircraft Version:Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
C/n (msn):8693
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Ginger Rogers
Location
City / Airport:MildenhallMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGUN   IATA: MHZ   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Mildenhall Air Fete 1981
 
Photo Date:24 May 1981
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 639192
Photo Comment

Marked as Ginger Rogers for the 1981 TV series We'll Meet Again. Delivered to the USAAF as 44-85784 in 1945. To the IGN-Institut Géographique National as F-BGSR in 1954. Sold as N17TE in 1975 and became warbird Sally B. Reregistered as G-BEDF in 1976. Still operated as Sally B in 2023.

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