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| Keywords: f-beea fbeea 44-85643 4485643 chateau de verneuil chateaudeverneuil aviation aircraft airplane bomber military aviation militaryaviation boeing boeing b-17 flying fortress boeingb17flyingfortress boeing b-17 boeingb17 b-17 flying fortress b17flyingfortress b-17 b17 flying fortress flyingfortress boeing flying fortress boeingflyingfortress boeing b-17g flying fortress boeingb17gflyingfortress boeing b-17g boeingb17g b-17g flying fortress b17gflyingfortress b-17g b17g wright aeronautical wrightaeronautical wright wright r-1820 cyclone wrightr1820cyclone wright r-1820 wrightr1820 wright cyclone wrightcyclone r-1820 r1820 wright cyclone r-1820 wrightcycloner1820 wright r-1820-97 wrightr182097 r-1820-97 r182097 outdoor vehicle blackandwhite black and white Catalog #: 15_001611 Title: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Delivered to USAAF as 44-85643. Eventually to the Instituit Geographique National, Creil, France from December 12, 1947-1989 as F-BEEA, as ""Chateau de Verneuil"". Used for aerial survey work in Europe, Africa, and Papua-New Guinea. Flown in the 1989 film ""Memphis Belle"" as ""Baby Ruth"". Destroyed on takeoff at RAF Binbrook, UK, in July of 1989. Aircraft destroyed but crew escaped with no fatalities. Catalog #: 15_001611 Title: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Delivered to USAAF as 44-85643. Eventually to the Instituit Geographique National, Creil, France from December 12, 1947-1989 as F-BEEA, as ""Chateau de Verneuil"". Used for aerial survey work in Europe, Africa, and Papua-New Guinea. Flown in the 1989 film ""Memphis Belle"" as ""Baby Ruth"". Destroyed on takeoff at RAF Binbrook, UK, in July of 1989. Aircraft destroyed but crew escaped with no fatalities. | ||||
