Bolivian B-17s

[aerovin2]

I just posted the history of the eight USAF B-17Gs that went to Bolivia in 1956 as part of a CAA foreign assistance program. They became CP-620 through CP-627. Gordon Hamilton prepared the aircraft at Tucson, AZ. Also part of that deal were seven USAF B-17Gs disassembled by Hamilton to provide parts support for the eight. These were issued U.S. civil registrations from N7040C through N7046C. None of them were ever flown. All were scrapped and gone by 1959.

https://www.aerovintage.com/2024/05/17/ ... r-bolivia/

[terveurn]

I often wonder since a lot of the Bolivan B-17's crashed in inaccessable and inhosbitable terrain just how much wreckage might be recoverable - of course being 8,00 + feet AGL might be a bit rought to haul out.