Life magazine photo: B-17 44-83722
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:21 pm
According to JF Baugher
44-83686/83863 Douglas/Long Beach B-17G-95-DL Fortress
c/n 32327/32504
44-83722 converted to B-17H, later redesignated SB-17G.
Deliberately subjected to blast and radiation damage during three nuclear tests at Yucca Flats, NV.
Remains sold 1965 to Aviation Specialties.
Sold to Kermit Weeks in 1985 and put in partial storage at Ocotillo Wells, CA.
In 1997 was at Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, FL