Registration / Serial:230177
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (299)
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Aircraft Version:Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress
C/n (msn):5291
Operator Titles:France - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Bir-Hakeim
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:1945
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Named Charlene, 42-30177 flew 18 missions with the US 388th Bomb Group in the second half of 1943. In 1944 the old B-17F was given to Free French general Pierre Kœnig whose troops fought bravely at Bir Hakeim in Libya. Kœnig made a tour around the world in it according to a confused report. Retired from the French air force in 1955, it became F-BGSG with the Institut Géographique National (IGN), but was only used as a spares source. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie
Registration / Serial:230177
Aircraft Version:Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress
C/n (msn):5291
Operator Titles:France - Air Force
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:230177
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (299)
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Aircraft Version:Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress
C/n (msn):5291
Operator Titles:France - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Bir-Hakeim
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:247358Submit Correction
View count: 1377
Named Charlene, 42-30177 flew 18 missions with the US 388th Bomb Group in the second half of 1943. In 1944 the old B-17F was given to Free French general Pierre Kœnig whose troops fought bravely at Bir Hakeim in Libya. Kœnig made a tour around the world in it according to a confused report. Retired from the French air force in 1955, it became F-BGSG with the Institut Géographique National (IGN), but was only used as a spares source. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie
Registration / Serial:230177
Aircraft Version:Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress
C/n (msn):5291
Operator Titles:France - Air Force
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive