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English: 1st Experimental Guided Missiles Group QB-17 Flying Fortress Drones over New Mexico, April 1946. Aircraft were in natural aluminum finish with red fuselage and tail stripes. Photo taken from accompanying DB-17G drone controller aircraft. Drone aircraft identified as:

Douglas/Long Beach B-17G-85-DL Fortress 44-83553 Douglas/Long Beach B-17G-90-DL Fortress 44-83603 Douglas/Long Beach B-17G-90-DL Fortress 44-83588

Lockheed/Vega B-17G-110-VE Fortress 44-85819
Date
Source Thompson, Scott (2011), Final Cut: The Post-War B-17 Flying Fortress and Survivors (4th Edition), Pictorial Histories & Aero Vintage Books ISBN-10: 1575101564
Author United States Army Air Forces
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