Aberdeen weapons test: B-17G 44-85697

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Chris Brame
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Aberdeen weapons test: B-17G 44-85697

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Thanks to jmkendall and Getty Images, I spotted this weapons test footage taken at Aberdeen using B-17G 44-85697; note the demolition guy is using a German detonator switch:
http://www.gettyimages.com/license/540317458

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Per Osborne:
Dave Osborne wrote:44-85697 Del Louisville 2/5/45; Rome 27/5/45; Middletown 8/11/45; Morrison 6/12/45; 4112 BU Olmstead 1/3/46; West Palm Beach 3/3/46; re-ass 30/4/47; 4 BSR Borinquen, PR 1/1/48; 5904 ABGp Ramey 26/7/47; AMC Hill Fd 17/3/49; 5904 ABGp Ramey 1/5/49; AMC Olmstead 12/10/49; Recl Comp 25/10/49.
No mention of Aberdeen; date on the footage is May 1, 1952.
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