The Swoose
B-17D-BO Flying Fortress, oldest B-17 still intact / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the bird, see Swoose. For the aircraft called the "Swoose Goose", see Vultee XP-54.
The Swoose is a Boeing B-17D-BO Flying Fortress, USAAF serial number 40-3097, that saw extensive use in the Southwest Pacific theatre of World War II and survived to become the oldest B-17 still intact. It is the only early "shark fin"-tailed B-17 known to exist, and the only surviving B-17 to have seen action in the 1941–42 Philippines Campaign, operating on the first day of the United States entry into the war.[1]
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The Swoose in bare metal finish, 1944 | |
Type | Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress |
Manufacturer | Boeing Airplane Company |
Serial | 40-3097 |
Owners and operators | USAF |
In service | 25 April 1941 to February 1944 |
Preserved at | Under restoration at the National Museum of the United States Air Force |
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