Boeing B-17F  Flying Fortress         N1340N            (c/n  6403-VE)

                                          

                                                  This B-17F was formerly 42-6107.  It was civilianized in 1946.  One popular use for B-17s
                                                  was as fire-fighters.  This one was Aero Enterprises tanker number 34.  This shot was taken at
                                                  Long Beach in the mid 1960s.   In 1969 it was re-engined with Rolls Royce Dart turboprops
                                                  which give it a really strange appearance.  Unfortunately, it crashed shortly after that at Dubois
                                                  in Yellowstone Park on 18 Aug 1970 whilst fire bombing.    The War Bird Registry site has a
                                                  photograph of it fitted with the Dart Turboprops at
                                                                           http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b17registry/b17-426107.html