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The Flying Fortress

The Flying Fortress- a Boeing-built B-17 World War II bomber- returned to Seattle and its new home as the centerpiece of the Museum of Flight. The plane, manufactured by Boeing in Seattle and one of 2,300 Model-F bombers built for service in Europe, arrived on June 20, 1985, at King County Airport after a flight from Mesa, Ariz., where it was acquired for the museum by Robert "Swage" Richardson, a Ballard businessman. (Barry Wong / The Seattle Times, 1985)

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The Flying Fortress- a Boeing-built B-17 World War II bomber- returned to Seattle and its new home as the centerpiece of the Museum of Flight. The plane, manufactured by Boeing in Seattle and one of 2,300 Model-F bombers built for service in Europe, arrived on June 20, 1985, at King County Airport after a flight from Mesa, Ariz., where it was acquired for the museum by Robert "Swage" Richardson, a Ballard businessman. (Barry Wong / The Seattle Times, 1985)