The Pink Lady (aircraft)

The Pink Lady (aircraft)

:"This page is about the B-17 bomber, for other uses see the disambiguation page Pink Lady."The Pink Lady is the current nickname of a B-17G Flying Fortress bomber. It is one of the few B-17s still in flying condition, and the only flying survivor to see action in Europe during World War II.

Rolled out of the Lockheed-Vega production facility in Burbank, California in December, 1944, "The Pink Lady" was then only known as a B-17G-85-VE Fortress, serial number 44-8846. On March 1, 1945, 44-8846 was flown to RAF Polebrook, England, and assigned to the 511th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group. Since she entered active service so close to the end of the war, 44-8846 only flew six missions over Germany, the last one being on April 20, 1945, when the 351st ended combat operations. She was transferred to the 365th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, based at RAF Chelveston, England, when the rest of the 351st returned to the United States. She featured as the fictional B-17F "Mother and Country", in addition to "The Pink Lady", in the film, "Memphis Belle", being painted on one side to resemble the older B-17F. The "The Pink Lady" was kept at Paris - Orly Airport, France, just to the south of Paris, until its hangar was listed for demolition. It is currently being stored in a hangar in St Yan, (Saône et Loire), France.

Painting schemes and registration numbers

Below is a non-exhaustive chronological list of the "Pink Lady's" painting schemes and registration numbers from 1945 – 2006:

Entire Aircraft: Unpainted Aluminum

1945: s/n 48846 on tail

1945, March: white J in black Triangle 48846 M on tail (with red diagonal stripe), DS : M on fuselage, M on nose turret

1945, May: white G in black Triangle 48846 XK: M on fuselage

1954: Institut Geographique National logo on tail, F-BGSP on fuselage

1965: IGN, registered as ZS-DXM

1979: WFU

1985: 48846 on tail, F-AZDX on fuselage, "Lucky Lady" artwork added to nose for air-show tour

Entire Aircraft: Olive Drab upper surfaces, light gray lower surfaces

1989: Officially registered as F-AZDX, was painted for the movie "Memphis Belle" as:
*Left side: 28703 (25703?) on tail, DF-S on fuselage, "Mother and Country" on nose
*Right side: 122960 on tail, G-DF on fuselage, "The Pink Lady" artwork on nose

1993: large text below pilot and co-pilot side windows::::B 17:::FAURE:::EVER
*On right-hand side, 5 yellow bombs painted after the word "FAURE", under which there were 2 swastikas

1998: 22955 on tail, F-AZDX on fuselage, "Mother and country" artwork on nose

2002: Triangle-J 48846 M on tail (with red stripe), M-DS on fuselage (nose turret removed)
*Left side: "The Pink Lady" artwork, and 846 on nose
**6 yellow bombs painted below pilot's side window
**Blue number "7"
**TEXT (black stencil):
*** U.S. ARMY-MODEL B-17G-85-VE
*** AIR FORCES SERIAL NO. 44-8846
*** CREW WEIGHT 1200 LBS
*** (+ 5 lines of smaller text)
* Right side: "Mother and Country", and "The Pink Lady" artwork on nose
* Top left wing: Star
* Right Bottom wing: Star

The current paint job does not have "The Pink Lady" artwork on right nose, but is otherwise like its 2002 configuration.

This aircraft was present at "The Flying Legends" (Duxford, UK) air display on 12th & 13th July 2008. The "Mother and Country", and "The Pink Lady" artwork was present on the right side nose area.

References

*http://www.thepinklady.fr
* [http://www.aerovintage.com/b17loc.htm B-17s: Where to find them]


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