Tulare, California: Preston's Pride: B-17 Flying Fortress
Fenced display at the highway entrance to Mefford Field includes a Vietnam memorial, a F4 Phantom fighter jet, and "Preston's Pride," a shiny World War II B-17 bomber that's been parked here since 1958.
Mefford Field
- Address:
- Rankin Rd, Tulare, CA
- Directions:
- South of town, east side of Hwy 99, at Rankin Rd exit.
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The airplane is being polished and painted by volunteers from B-17 Archeology to restore her to her non-flying, post-WWII look as an atom bomb test area drone control aircraft. The volunteers are doing a great job. After 60 years of sitting in the open, she now looks great!
[Richard Staley, 04/27/2019]
Two planes -- a B17 and an F4 Phantom -- are on display at Tulare Mefford Field, with a Vietnam memorial at the tail end of the F4.
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According to one sign at the site, the B-17 Flying Fortress -- labeled "Preston's Pride" -- has been in Tulare since Major General Maurice Preston flew it there in 1958.