Name or designation
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Type
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Role
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Owner
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Period
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Notes
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Aluminum Overcast
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
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Bomber
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Experimental Aircraft Association
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1945-
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One of only ten flyable B-17s.
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Avro Lancaster PA474
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Avro Lancaster
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Bomber
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Royal Air Force
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1945-
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One of only two Lancasters in flying condition in the world.
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Avro Vulcan XH558, aka Spirit of Great Britain
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Avro Vulcan
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Bomber
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Vulcan To The Sky Trust
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1960-1993; 2007-2015
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The only Cold War/Falklands War-era Vulcan bomber to fly after 1986. Restored to flight in 2007. Finally grounded in 2015.
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Douglas DC-7B N836D
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Douglas DC-7B
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Transport
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1958-1965 (commercial use); 1965-2013 (private use)
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Douglas R4D-3 N763A
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Douglas DC-3
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Transport
|
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1942-
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Used by the US Navy during World War II. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
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FIFI
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Boeing B-29 Superfortress
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Bomber
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Commemorative Air Force
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1942-
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One of only two B-29s flying.
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Glacier Girl
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Lockheed P-38 Lightning
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Fighter
|
|
1942
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Forced to land in Greenland in 1942 along with five other P-38s and two B-17s (including My Gal Sal, listed below). Recovered in 1992.
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Hawker Hurricane PZ865
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Hawker Hurricane
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Fighter
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Royal Air Force
|
1944-
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Last Hurricane produced. Retained by Hawker Aircraft for trials work. Given by successor Hawker Siddeley to the Royal Air Force for its Battle of Britain Memorial Flight in 1972.
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My Gal Sal
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
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Bomber
|
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1942
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Forced to land on the Greenland icecap during World War II and abandoned, along with another B-17 and six P-38s (among them Glacier Girl, listed above). Recovered in 1995 and restored. One of only three intact B-17Es.
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Piccadilly Lilly II
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
|
Bomber
|
Edward T. Maloney
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?-1959; 1959-1971
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Last B-17 to serve in the US Air Force, flying her last mission in 1959. Used on TV shows, including Twelve O'Clock High, and at least one movie.
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The Pink Lady
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
|
Bomber
|
United States Army Air Forces
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1944-
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Only flying B-17 survivor to have seen action in Europe during World War II.
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Sally B
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Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
|
Bomber
|
B-17 Preservation Ltd
|
1945-
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Only airworthy B-17 left in Europe. Used in the 1990 film Memphis Belle.
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Sentimental Journey
|
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
|
Bomber
|
Commemorative Air Force
|
1945-
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Based at the Commemorative Air Force Museum in Mesa, Arizona, and regularly flown.
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Shoo Shoo Baby
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
|
Bomber
|
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1944-1961
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Crash-landed in Sweden in 1944. Restored from 1978 to 1988.
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Swamp Ghost
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
|
Bomber
|
|
1941
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Ran out of fuel and crash-landed in a swamp in Papua New Guinea. Recovered in 1972.
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Texas Raiders
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Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
|
Bomber
|
Commemorative Air Force
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1944-2022
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Maintained and flown by the Commemorative Air Force (formerly Confederate Air Force). (Destroyed in a midair collision with a P-63 Kingcobra at the "Wings Over Dallas" airshow, 11/12/22)
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Thunderbird
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Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
|
Bomber
|
|
1943-1945
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Housed at the Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston, Texas.
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Worry Bird
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North American P-51 Mustang
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Fighter
|
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1944-1957 (military use); in airworthy condition at the Air Combat Museum
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Served in World War II and the Korean War before being retired in 1957 and passing into private hands. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
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Yankee Lady
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
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Bomber
|
Yankee Air Force
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1945-
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Flyable.
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