B-17G Flying Fortress TWA Executive Transport

cavalcadeofwings.com..17g-flying-fortress/

aviationtrivia.blogs..of-25-different.html

joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/b17_26.html

abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/EP-HIM
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bobheffner.com/b17/b1726.shtml

reddit.com/r/WWIIpla.._late_see/?rdt=40165

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airhistory.net/registration/NL1B

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies
b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/44-85728/

Warbird Registry
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Boeing was hired to rebuild the Fortress (B-17G serial 44-85728) at their Seattle facility, which the company saw as a opportunity to explore the post-war market for similar Fortress conversions. Boeing designated the conversion as Boeing Model 299AB, and obtained the registration of NX4600 for the aircraft after it was purchased in June 1946. Once the modifications were completed TWA deployed NX4600 to the Middle East and used it to transport TWA executives to the International Air Transport Association Conference held in Egypt in October 1946. With the issuance of the LTC, TWA re-registered NX4600 as NL1B, but the Fortress as transferred to the Shah of Iran in April 1947, after which it was given the Iranian registration of EP-HIM. The airplane eventually ended up operating for a French survey company, registered as F-BGOE. It was scrapped sometime in the 1970s.

Flickr (one close up photo)
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Shah of Iran's Fortress: Vega-built B-17G, 44-85728. Serial #: 44-85728. Construction #: 8637 (-VE). Civil Registration: NX4600. NL1B. EP-HIM. F-BGDE.

Was registered as EP-HIM where 'EP' is ICAO Aircraft Registration Prefix for Iran and 'HIM' stood for “His Imperial Majesty”. The aircraft's personal name “SHAHIN” means '[peregrine] falcon'. The Imperial coat-of-arms was reproduced both on the outside (on the fuselage) and the inside (on the door).

The call sign was Shahin (pronounced "Shaaheen"), which mean a king falcon in Persian.

Aerial Visuals Aircraft Dossier
aerialvisuals.ca/Air..ier.php?Serial=74795

Book Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Thompson, Scott A. - Final Cut: The Post-War B-17 Flying Fortress and Survivors (4th Edition)

Decals
drawdecal.com/product/twa-b-17/