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DryMartini

Those planes look to be B-17B models,
retrofitted with the bath tub and flat side panels.

Just thought I'd bring it up...

DryMartini

Chuck is right. The "Flags" are for a build or design variation defined in the usage block, corresponding to some set of serial numbers. They do not correspond to the actual B-17 model numbers. I have deduced some BDV block codes, but have not spent too much time on them as they are probably more r...

DryMartini

The more I look at that scene, and the more I look at the
B-17C blueprints, I have come to the conclusion that they
cut the tail cone off the stage mock-up.

This is counter to my thoughts of about 5 years ago,
but I have learned much more about the B-17's
construction since then.

DryMartini

I wonder what Disney would
Charge for a usage fee?

DryMartini

Great job as always, Scott!

DryMartini

Can we go from Facebook friends to Facebook distant aquaintences?

DryMartini

Now that is cool!

DryMartini

Please do. I know a bunch were posted before, but
They are buried now.

DryMartini

The first two pictures, we are almost 100% sure, are taken in 41-2595.
Life has a picture of the same bombardier exiting from "The Rat".

DryMartini

That is a great link! Thanks for posting that!

DryMartini

Well, that would have saved us a lot of photographic research....

DryMartini

Scott, that one is B-17B 39-001, and the picture shows OD/Neutral Gray,
although it indeed was Lowry Field, Colorado.

DryMartini

Found it!

Description:

DryMartini

jmkendall wrote:I've been trying to find it, but there is a pic in an older ( 70s) B-17 book with a B-17D fusalage in Camo,about 1944, I think in Colorado. Does that ring a bell with anyone?

Yes! In "Fortress In The Sky" by Peter Bowers.
I'll have to look/scan it when I get home.

DryMartini

I found an interesting link about the movie, and
in the story was a good portion about Paul Mantz.

http://www.usni.org/magazines/navalhist ... rial-oscar

I thought Scott would like it, if he did not already know about it.

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