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    Airframe Family: Boeing B299 / B-17 Fortress
    Latest Model:B-17G Fortress
    Last Military Serial:44-85507 USAAF
    Construction Number:8416
    Last Civil Registration:N5116N
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-17G sn 44-85507 USAAF cn 8...
    Latest Owner or Location:Mark Hurd Mapping Company

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-17G.

    1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-85507.

    25 June 1947

    To Esperado Mining Co, Altus OK.
    Bought as scrap.

    4 February 1948

    To Robert R. McCormick/Chicago Tribune Newspaper, Chicago IL with new c/r N5116N.

    Executive conv.ersion - with beds, desk, library etc, swivel easy chair in nose: business flights to Europe, Africa, South America, Caribbean. for.

    2 July 1952

    To Mark Hurd Aerial Surveys Inc, Minneapolis, MN keeping c/r N5116N.

    August 1952


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: Mark Hurd aerial mapping company at Boise, Idaho, in August 1952. The modification for the vertical camera in the nose can be seen.

    August 1952


    Photographer: William T Larkins

    10 November 1952

    Destroyed in a crash.
    Crashed in the Nevada Desert. The pilot and co-pilot were killed.

    By 10 November 1952

    To Mark Hurd Mapping Company with new c/r N5116N.

    10 November 1952

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was a loss. There were two fatalities. This was a survey/research flight. Narrative: Crashed in the desert in Nevada, USA.
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

    9 January 1953

    Civil registration, N5116N, cancelled.
    Cancelled.
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     Terry Fletcher
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