Duxford: B17 Flying Fortress, G-FORT...13.7.87

Originally had gone to Duxford museum. To see the returned Blenheim wreckage.
There were 3 Boeing Flying Fortress B17`s, on site.
The resident Sally B, the museums static example, and B-17G ‘238050 / BN-U’ (N900RW).
On this day B-17G ‘238050 / BN-U’ (N900RW) was being prepared for it`s ferry flight to the USA.
Stored until 1984. Made airworthy again, she then became G-FORT with Doug Arnold’s ‘Warbirds of Great Britain’,
Moving on to The Fighter Collection at Duxford in 1986.
Repainted in her current scheme as “Thunderbird”,she was delivered to the Lone Star Flight Museum, in Texas. On the 16th July.
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