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B-17G "Flying Fortress" No. 44-83690

B-17G "Flying Fortress" No. 44-83690
Grissom Air Museum B-17G "Flying Fortress" No. 44-83690 P9270540.jpg
B-17G "Flying Fortress" No. 44-83690, October 2010
B-17G "Flying Fortress" No. 44-83690 is located in Indiana
B-17G "Flying Fortress" No. 44-83690
B-17G "Flying Fortress" No. 44-83690 is located in the US
B-17G "Flying Fortress" No. 44-83690
Location Heritage Museum Foundation, off US 31, Grissom Air Force Base, Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana
Coordinates 40°40′6″N 86°7′46″W / 40.66833°N 86.12944°W / 40.66833; -86.12944Coordinates: 40°40′6″N 86°7′46″W / 40.66833°N 86.12944°W / 40.66833; -86.12944
Area 0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built 1945 (1945)
Built by Douglas Aircraft Co.
Architectural style Heavy Bomber
NRHP Reference # 93000540
Added to NRHP June 29, 1993

B-17G "Flying Fortress" No. 44-83690 is a historic B-17 Flying Fortress Heavy bomber located at the Aviation Museum, Grissom Air Force Base in Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana. It was built by the Douglas Aircraft Company and delivered for use on May 9, 1945. It was flown to Grissom Air Force Base for display as a museum piece in 1961, and subsequently restored.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. It was moved to the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Georgia in August of 2015.



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