Aircraft Photo of F-BGSO | Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	F-BGSO
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):	8289

Location
City / Airport:	Paris - Le BourgetMap
Country:	France
Airport Codes:	ICAO: LFPB IATA: LBG Local: - Other: -
Collection:	Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace

Photo Date:	18 December 1982
Photo by:	Arjun Sarup
Photo ID:	665153

Photo Comment
On display at Musée de l'Air at Le Bourget. This is ex-USAAF 44-8889 that was built as a B-17G at Lockheed Vega, Burbank and assigned to the 8th AF but kept in storage. In 1949 it was assigned to 7499 Air Force Composite Squadron (AFCS) in Germany as an RB-17G for photo-ELINT, which flew peripheral recce missions to detect Soviet radar. The aircraft was sold in 1954 to Institut Géographique National (IGN), modified for aerial mapping and operated out of Creil. It was retired to the museum in 1976. This photo is copyright © Arjun Sarup, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 11 March 2024, and has since been viewed 54 times.

Photo Comment

On display at Musée de l'Air at Le Bourget. This is ex-USAAF 44-8889 that was built as a B-17G at Lockheed Vega, Burbank and assigned to the 8th AF but kept in storage. In 1949 it was assigned to 7499 Air Force Composite Squadron (AFCS) in Germany as an RB-17G for photo-ELINT, which flew peripheral recce missions to detect Soviet radar. The aircraft was sold in 1954 to Institut Géographique National (IGN), modified for aerial mapping and operated out of Creil. It was retired to the museum in 1976.

It was added on 11 March 2024, and has since been viewed 54 times.

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