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- Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:45 pm
- Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
- Topic: The Blue Goose Revisited
- Replies: 33
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Re: The Blue Goose Revisited
Another year has passed and the fabled Blue Goose remains . . . fabled. A footnote to the story is this press item, published on August 30, 1942, that is unique and interesting because it describes the Waskowitz plane as navy-blue rather than "baby blue". http://img-cdn.filefactory.com/embed/xl/62vu...
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 11:45 am
- Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
- Topic: Chanute trainers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1535
Re: Chanute trainers
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This is the best image I can get – there are clues there, but not enough for me to want to take a stab at the RCN. The original poster said his father was an instructor in flight engineer school.
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 9:01 pm
- Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
- Topic: Chanute trainers
- Replies: 5
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Chanute trainers
Things are pretty quiet but an interesting photo of a couple of Chanute trainers turned up on Facebook posted by Steve Leyden, whose father took the photograph.
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- Thu Dec 28, 2023 7:46 pm
- Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
- Topic: Can anyone identify these B-17F trainers?
- Replies: 16
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Re: Can anyone identify these B-17F trainers?
http://img-cdn.filefactory.com/embed/xl/5241aebvlyok.jpg A high-resolution version of the NARA Kodachrome image of Redmond Annie turned up recently. Unfortunately, the serial number is still unclear, but I believe I can read enough of it to establish that it’s a Douglas Long Beach B-17F, serial beg...
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 10:05 pm
- Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
- Topic: Early days in the ETO
- Replies: 5
- Views: 35401
Re: Early days in the ETO
I agree that some earlier published information has since been clarified or corrected, but I believe Roger was refering to the Spaatz October 1942 order that you also quoted. So far I’ve identified at least ten early 306th Bomb Group B-17Fs that had the yellow fuselage rings, with examples from all ...
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 10:09 am
- Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
- Topic: Early days in the ETO
- Replies: 5
- Views: 35401
Early days in the ETO
http://img-cdn.filefactory.com/embed/xl/1jyyl1wkmx8c.jpg The other day somebody posted a sideview on Facebook of what a particular early 306th Bomb Group B-17F – 41-24501 – might have looked like. Apparently there are no photos of the plane, which was shot down in January 1943. The artist had portr...
- Wed Nov 22, 2023 12:03 pm
- Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
- Topic: Searching for pics of 41-2499
- Replies: 11
- Views: 45207
Re: Searching for pics of 41-2499
He picked 41-2449 up new in Portland on Jan 15, 1942. His notes in the margin say "PICKUP Boeing - 3 aircraft" Boeing records show 41-2499 being "delivered" on 10 January 1942, "destination" MacDill. Unfortunately they don't have a record of who signed for it, but two other B-17Es were delivered th...
- Mon Nov 13, 2023 11:28 am
- Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
- Topic: Attn shoppers: SWPA B-17E 41-9194
- Replies: 8
- Views: 33427
Re: Attn shoppers: SWPA B-17E 41-9194
Excellent. I guess the fact it was flopped put some people off.
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:53 am
- Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
- Topic: Attn shoppers: SWPA B-17E 41-9194
- Replies: 8
- Views: 33427
Re: Attn shoppers: SWPA B-17E 41-9194
No, I won't be bidding. Good luck if you do!
- Tue Nov 07, 2023 8:45 pm
- Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
- Topic: Attn shoppers: SWPA B-17E 41-9194
- Replies: 8
- Views: 33427
Re: Attn shoppers: SWPA B-17E 41-9194
It looks like 41-9194 got to the 19th Bomb Group's 435th Bomb Squadron as an ASV-equipped replacement in July 1942. An engineering report dated 6 July notes that "94 is the serviceable ship of the squadron" but no further explanation. This is the first photo I've seen of this one. It was transferred...
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 11:41 am
- Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
- Topic: Modified B-17 Waist Positions
- Replies: 7
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Re: Modified B-17 Waist Positions
http://img-cdn.filefactory.com/embed/xl/6xkb03ebkkf4.jpg Turns out this is Sgt William N. Ewing from the 342nd Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group. He was a waist gunner and flew the August 17, 1942 mission with Lt George D. Burgess in 41-9042, The Berlin Sleeper . I’m not sure whether he was always par...
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:51 pm
- Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
- Topic: Modified B-17 Waist Positions
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17481
Re: Modified B-17 Waist Positions
http://img-cdn.filefactory.com/embed/xl/3lcwklod4rnw.jpg Another 97th Bomb Group B-17E with a modified waist gun was this one, 41-9174 from the 340th Bomb Squadron. On the left is Major Paul W. Tibbets and next to him Sgt Chester C. Love, then John Hall in front of the waist window, and Sgt Arthur ...
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 12:41 pm
- Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
- Topic: Flying Flit Gun
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7898
Re: Flying Flit Gun
Flight engineer Sgt John F. Vlad from Kokomo, Indiana is very likely one of the unidentified enlisted men.
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 4:20 pm
- Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
- Topic: Flying Flit Gun
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7898
Flying Flit Gun
http://img-cdn.filefactory.com/embed/xl/31bn703qhy6g.jpg Lately I’ve been trying to put names to faces in LIFE’s treasure trove of Margaret Bourke-White photos. I’m particularly interested in this crew posing with the 97th Bomb Group’s 41-24412, Flying Flit Gun . Margaret Bourke-White came up with ...
- Sat Sep 23, 2023 12:46 am
- Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
- Topic: Margaret Bourke-White by Lee Miller
- Replies: 0
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Margaret Bourke-White by Lee Miller
And another fragment . . . LIFE's Margaret Bourke-White photographed by fellow photographer Lee Miller. No details but reportedly Northamptonshire in 1942 and almost certainly a 97th Bomb Group B-17.
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