44-85734 was accepted by the Army Air Force 16
May 1945. After a short career with the army it was transferred to Altus
AFB, where it was sold by the RDC in November of 1945. Pratt and Whitney
obtained the aircraft and modified it into a five engine configuration
for testing of the XT-34 turboprop. After being badly damaged by a tornado
in 1979, the New England Air Museum traded it to Tom Reilly. Tom has restored
two other B-17s and numerous other warbirds. He now has plans to restore
this one as his museum flagship in the markings of Outhouse Mouse of
the 91 Bomb Group. Plans are to combine two five engine B-17s into
the Outhouse Mouse restoration.
If you have any comments or have found information on my page that
is incorrect, please e-mail
me! If you know of a surviving B-17 that is not on my page, please let
me know!
