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CGUS31107 Boeing PB-1G Flying Fortress - US Coast Guard Corgi Classics Our Price: £14.75 (List Price: £29.99, You Save: £15.24) Availability: In Stock. Order before 1pm Monday to Friday for same day dispatch, otherwise sent next working day. Size: 1:144 Scale Age: 14 years and up Release: August 2006 Type: Static Model Manufacturer's Code: US31107 Product Code: CGUS31107

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B-17G-110-VE 44-85828 was one of the very last of the 12,731 Flying Fortresses built by Boeing between 1935 and 1945. Constructed in Burbank, CA it was delivered to the USAAF in July 1945 and subsequently supplied to the US Navy. Issued with BuNo 77254, the aircraft was modified for US Coast Guard surveillance work and flown from stations in California and Alaska until 1959. Handed back to the USAF, it became the very last B-17 to be retired from US military service on October 14 that year. Sold into civilian ownership that following year, the aircraft was converted into a “borate bomber” for the aerial firefighting mission. Based in Wyoming and Montana with Aero Flite as tanker B-30 for the next 16 years, 44-85828 was eventually replaced by a C-54 tanker in May, 1978, and retired to the Pima Museum in Tucson, AZ. It has been on static display in 390th Bomb Group colors for the past 28 years.

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