any B-17s in CO. ?

Stoney · **Posted:** Tue Jul 13, 2021 8:42 am

heard there where one or two there.

JohnB · **Posted:** Tue Jul 13, 2021 9:32 am

Colorado...no complete aircraft.

Perhaps a wrecksite in the mountains.

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11319

https://planetags.com/products/b-17g-bo ... l-44-83387

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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

This Boeing B-17G was built at the Douglas Long Beach plant in California for delivery to the USAAF in February 1945. #44-83387 did not see combat duty, but instead spent most of its career on display and being used by 20th Century Fox for the silver screen - starring with Gregory Peck in 12 O'Clock High, as well as Tora! Tora! Tora!, and other movie and television productions. This B-17 spent almost 30 years on display at the State Armory in Greeley, Colorado before moving on to the California High Heritage Foundation for museum quality restoration.

https://gazette.com/life/b-17-wreckage- ... b5a2c.html

JohnB · **Posted:** Fri Jul 16, 2021 10:30 am

I was going to mention the Greeley cockpit, but since it's no longer there, I didn't see the point.☺,

However, I didn't know they were selling bits off it.
I recently saw a TV episode of 12 O'Clock High, the cockpit got quite a bit of use being bounced around on a soundstage with a host of famous "pilots'.

Too bad there isn't one at the AFA.

Pat Carry · **Posted:** Fri Jul 16, 2021 10:34 am

Off the top of my head, I would say the closest B-17 to Colorado is the one at Offut AFB in Nebraska.

Warbirdnerd · **Joined:** Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:34 pm **Posts:** 2923

Sentimental Journey was in Colorado last week

Dan K · **Posted:** Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:15 pm

Perhaps you're thinking of Bomber Mountain in Wyoming?

https://www.thesheridanpress.com/news/l ... edc2b.html

maxum96 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 27, 2021 1:38 am

There are two WWII era B-17 crash sites in the mountains west of Fort Collins, Colorado. I've been to one of them and photographed the remains (engines, main gear, ball turret mount, part of the tail with some of the horizontal stab, fuel tank bladders, etc, and a whole lot of small debris). Most of the fuselage was removed at the time of the crash. This is known as the Crown Point crash.

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