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And would you believe it was still there up until just last year! In recent years/months that aircraft has finally been disassembled and moved inside a hangar, where it is now undergoing restoration to airworthy. The aircraft is known as the "Lacey Lady", named after Art Lacey, who originally purchased the aircraft (almost new) from surplus in 1947, and owned the gas station where he 'mounted' the bomber.

Updates on its restoration can be found here:
http://www.warbirdsnews.com/category/warbird-restorations/b-17g-lacey-lady
https://www.facebook.com/B17AllianceGroupMilwaukieOregon?fref=ts

There is quite a wild story about how Art Lacey came to get this particular B-17, as written about in this article from some years back: http://www.katu.com/news/local/95638799.html


Some parts of the aircraft, like the nose and ball turret, were first removed some years ago, and already have been largely restored, shown below. The aircraft doesn't have its rare, fully complete, original top turret anymore, as it was provided to the CAF's restored B-17G "Sentimental Journey" many years ago.





 
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