Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress N93012 Nine-O-Nine Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Arizona April 15, 2016
by Brian Lockett
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Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress N93012 Nine-O-Nine Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Arizona April 15, 2016
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Brian Lockett
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Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress N93012 Nine-O-Nine at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, Arizona on April 15, 2016. It was built under license by Douglas. Its Douglas construction number is 32216. Its original Army Air Force serial number was 44-83575. It was used by the Air Force for atomic weapons testing support at Yucca Flats, Nevada. Valley Scrap Metal of Phoenix, Arizona bought it in 1965. It was stripped for spare parts at Falcon Field near Mesa, Arizona. While sitting derelict it wore the name Yucca Lady. Aircraft Specialties Inc. converted it to a fire fighting tanker in 1979. From 1981 to 1985 it fought fires as tanker #99. The Collings Foundation acquired it in 1985 and restored it to its original military configuration in 1987. Its civil registration is N93012. Now it carries the serial number 42-31909. The white triangle on the tail indicates assignment to the 1st Air Division of the Eighth Air Force. The letter A in the triangle and the code OR on the fuselage denote the 91st Bomb Group.
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