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<h1 id="top">B-17G Flying Fortress</h1>
<h2>Significant Facts</h2>
<p>1. This aircraft was the last B-17 assigned to the 381st Bomb Group at RAF Ridgewell, UK. It arrived in May 1945 but
did not see combat.</p>
<p>2. Used in secret "Flying Bomb" tests in 1948.</p>
<p>3. One of the last B-17's in USAF service.</p>
<p>4. Last B-17 to drop bombs - used during airpower demonstrations.</p>
<p>5. This B-17 was on display at the Air Force Museum Dayton, OH from 1957 - 1989.</p>
<p>6. The aircraft is painted as "Sleep Time Gal" 42-107112, another B-17 assigned to the 381st BG.</p>
<p>7. Nose-art was painted in 1995 by noted aviation artist Gil Cohen.</p>
<h2>Assignment Record Highlights Of B-17G, Tail Number 44-83624</h2>
<p>The B-17G, Tail Number 44-83624, was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft, Long Beach, California to the United States
Army Air Force on 26 April 1945.</p>
<h2>History</h2>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Year</th>
<th>Month And Day</th>
<th>Record</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1945</td>
<td>April</td>
<td>To 4100th Base Unit, Patterson Field, Ohio</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>May</td>
<td>To 532nd BS/381st BG, Royal Air Force Ridgewell, UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>October</td>
<td>Declared excess</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>05 November</td>
<td>Returned to military use</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>07 November</td>
<td>To 4168th Base Unit, South Plains Field, Texas</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1947</td>
<td>July</td>
<td>To 4141st Base Unit, Pyote2 Field, Texas</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1948</td>
<td>January</td>
<td>To 4112th Base Unit, Olmstead Air Force Base, Pennsylvania</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>02 February</td>
<td>Redesignated MB-17G</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>15 February</td>
<td>To 605th Base Unit, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>16 February</td>
<td>To 1st Experimental Guided Missile Group (Air Proving Ground Command), Eglin Air Force Base, Florida</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1949</td>
<td>March</td>
<td>To 3200th Proof Test Group (APGC), Eglin Air Force Base, Florida</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>November</td>
<td>Redesignated TB-17G</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1950</td>
<td>January</td>
<td>To 550th Guided Missile Wing (APGC), Eglin, Florida</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>June</td>
<td>To 3200th Proof Test Group (APGC), Eglin Air Force Base, Florida</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1951</td>
<td>February</td>
<td>To 3201st Air Base Group (APGC), Eglin Air Force Base, Florida</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>01 June</td>
<td>To 3200th Proof Test Group (APGC), Eglin Air Force Base, Florida</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1953</td>
<td>22 June</td>
<td>To 3205th Drone Group (APGC), Eglin Air Force Base, Florida</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>November</td>
<td>To 3560th Pilot Training Training Wing (Air Training Command), Webb Air Force Base, Texas</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>December</td>
<td>To 3205th Drone Group (APGC), Eglin Air Force Base, Florida</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1955</td>
<td>04 April</td>
<td>To Ogden Air Material Area, Hill Air Force Base, Utah</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>11 April</td>
<td>To Middletown Air Material Area, Olmstead Air Force Base, Pennsylvania</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>01 June</td>
<td>Redesignated DB-17G</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>07 June</td>
<td>To 3205th Drone Group (APGC), Eglin Air Force Base, Florida</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1957</td>
<td>June</td>
<td>Droppe from the USAF inventory by transfer to USAF Museum in Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1989</td>
<td>July</td>
<td>Transferred to Dover Air Force Base Museum for display</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1995</td>
<td>September</td>
<td>Painted in 381st Bomb Group markings. Gil Cohen paints "Sleepy Time Gal" nose art.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>The Flying Fortress is one of the most famous airplanes ever built. The B-17 prototype first flew on July 28, 1935. Few B-17's were in service on December 7, 1941, but production quickly accelerated. The aircraft served in every WW II combat zone, but is best known for daylight strategic bombing of German industrial targets. Production ended in May, 1945 and totaled 12,726.</p>
<h2>Specifications</h2>
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<th>Specification</th>
<th>Value</th>
</tr>
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<td>Wing Span:</td>
<td>103 feet 10 inches</td>
</tr>
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<td>Length:</td>
<td>74 feet 4 inches</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Height:</td>
<td>19 feet 1 inch</td>
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<td>Weight:</td>
<td>55,000 lbs. loaded</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Armament:</td>
<td>Thirteen .50-caliber machine guns with normal bomb load of 6,000 lbs.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Engines:</td>
<td>Four Wright "Cyclone" R-1820's with 1,200 horse power each.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cost:</td>
<td>$276,000.00</td>
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<h2>Performance</h2>
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<th>Specification</th>
<th>Value</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Maximum Speed:</td>
<td>300 miles per hour</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cruising Speed:</td>
<td>170 miles per hour</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Range:</td>
<td>1,850 miles</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Service Ceiling:</td>
<td>35,000 feet</td>
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</table>
<p>The museum acquired 44-83624 in 1989. 44-83624 had no combat history of its own. A seven year restoration project was begun to display the aircraft as a tribute to the 381st Bomb Group's 532nd Squadron's "Sleepy Time Gal", 42-107112. "Sleepy Time Gal" was a veteran of 47 missions, including strategic bombing of Berlin, Essen, Bremen and Schweinfurt, and ground support missions in Normandy. The war in Europe ended in May 1945. "Sleepy Time Gal" returned to the United States on May 29, 1945. The 381st was inactivated on August 28, 1945. "Sleepy Time Gal", 42-107112 was sold for scrap on November 18, 1945.</p>
<h1>Sleepy Time Gal</h1>
<h2>A short history of the AMC Museum's B-17G Flying Fortress</h2>
<h3>By: Patrick O'Neill</h3>
<p>Walking into the Air Mobility Command Museum's main indoor gallery, one stands in awe before two great World War Two era aircraft at the gallery's center stage. One of these is a B-17G Flying Fortress. The aircraft is marked to represent a World War Two combat veteran of the 381st Bomb Group named "Sleepy Time Gal", serial #42-107112. However, contrasting to how it was painted, the actual B-17G sitting in the museum is #44-83624. Though her story is very different from that of "Sleepy Time Gal's", at one point in history, their paths almost crossed. Thus, if accidentally, #44-83624 is almost one of the best aircraft to represent that particular aerial combat veteran.</p>
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