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This is a list of surviving examples of mass-produced aircraft, specifically those that are notable solely or primarily for still existing. To illustrate, the Enola Gay is excluded from this list, but included in List of individual aircraft because it dropped the first atomic bomb.

Note: Period indicates when the aircraft was/is in flyable condition.

Name or designation Type Role Owner Period Notes
Aluminum Overcast Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber Experimental Aircraft Association 1945- One of only ten flyable B-17s.
Avro Lancaster PA474 Avro Lancaster Bomber Royal Air Force 1945- One of only two Lancasters in flying condition in the world.
Avro Vulcan XH558, aka Spirit of Great Britain Avro Vulcan Bomber Vulcan To The Sky Trust 1960-1993;
2007-2015 		The only Cold War/Falklands War-era Vulcan bomber to fly after 1986. Restored to flight in 2007. Finally grounded in 2015.
Douglas DC-7B N836D Douglas DC-7B Transport 1958-1965 (commercial use);
1965-2013 (private use)
Douglas R4D-3 N763A Douglas DC-3 Transport 1942- Used by the US Navy during World War II. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
FIFI Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomber Commemorative Air Force 1942- The only B-29 flying.
Glacier Girl Lockheed P-38 Lightning Fighter 1942 Forced to land in Greenland in 1942 along with five other P-38s and two B-17s (including My Gal Sal, listed below). Recovered in 1992.
Hawker Hurricane PZ865 Hawker Hurricane Fighter Royal Air Force 1944- Last Hurricane produced. Retained by Hawker Aircraft for trials work. Given by successor Hawker Siddeley to the Royal Air Force for its Battle of Britain Memorial Flight in 1972.
My Gal Sal Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber 1942 Forced to land on the Greenland icecap during World War II and abandoned, along with another B-17 and six P-38s (among them Glacier Girl, listed above). Recovered in 1995 and restored. One of only three intact B-17Es.
Piccadilly Lilly II Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber Edward T. Maloney ?-1959;
1959-1971 		Last B-17 to serve in the US Air Force, flying her last mission in 1959. Used on TV shows, including Twelve O'Clock High, and at least one movie.
The Pink Lady Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber United States Army Air Forces 1944- Only flying B-17 survivor to have seen action in Europe during World War II.
Sally B Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Bomber B-17 Preservation Ltd 1945- Only airworthy B-17 left in Europe. Used in the 1990 film Memphis Belle.
Sentimental Journey Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Bomber Commemorative Air Force 1945- Based at the Commemorative Air Force Museum in Mesa, Arizona, and regularly flown.
Shoo Shoo Baby Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber 1944-1961 Crash-landed in Sweden in 1944. Restored from 1978 to 1988.
Swamp Ghost Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber 1941 Ran out of fuel and crash-landed in a swamp in Papua New Guinea. Recovered in 1972.
Texas Raiders Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Bomber Commemorative Air Force 1944- Maintained and flown by the Commemorative Air Force (formerly Confederate Air Force).
Thunderbird Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Bomber 1943-1945 Housed at the Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston, Texas.
Worry Bird North American P-51 Mustang Fighter 1944-1957 (military use);
in airworthy condition at the Air Combat Museum 		Served in World War II and the Korean War before being retired in 1957 and passing into private hands. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
Yankee Lady Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber Yankee Air Force 1945- Flyable.

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