Can someone please give some explaination to this picture? Where is this from? Any takers?

This could make a cool dio for a wingy thing. :-)

Emergency landing on a highway/freeway and getting towed home?
Not sure, it's quite a sight though.

That's a surprising one !
I wonder if the picture was taken during WWII... because the tractor doesn't look like WWII vintage. Still, I'm not sure about it at all !
In that case, my guess would be the plane is being ferried to a museum. #:-)

I am with pen-pen. Looks to me like a museum transfer job. No traffic on either span of the bridge.

#:-) This would be a fun dio to do #:-)

Must be from the south - cuz ya' can't get there from here

Isn't that a police car in the background?

Here's the full sized pic:


The tail numbers appear to be : 483624

Where to begin?

Go to the FAA webiste.They have a search engine that you can use to look up the serial number of any FAA registered aircraft there.Works very well by the way.On some aircraft they only tell what the a/c is etc., but sometimes you get lucky.

B-17G 44-83624
Air Mobility Command Museum
Dover AFB, Delaware
This B-17G was operated by the USAF as a drone director DB-17P until 1957. After retirement it went on display at the USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB. When the museum received "Shoo Shoo Baby" in 1989, 44-83624 was sent for display at the Dover Museum, where it was repainted as "Sleepy Time Gal," a 381st Bomb Group B-17G. (Photo below courtesy Air Mobility Command Museum)

As it looks now:

WOW....a genuine Sherlock Holmes adventure on armorama....

This is fun.....a pic.....the tailcode visible....the search.....the results...

WONDERFUL!! Just love this.... any more of these detective pics available?

Theres about 12 pictures here:
http://www.armyairforces.com/b-17restored-4483624.asp

or here:

this is the other:

last one I promise.

This picture shows why matching colors is so darned hard. This airplane is very clearly yellow orange, not OD. #:-)

Thanks Martin! Great job.
Your sleuthing skills are way beyond elementary. :-)

I have been trained well...you kow...now where dod I put Zat minkey?

When I was at Wright Patterson AFB, I saw I photo similar to this one that was taken when the museum moved locations. I agree with the museum transfer guess. you may even see if you can get some help from them.