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Boeing B-17E: 41-2393 bis 41-2669
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- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 383rd Bomb Group
Geschichte der
B-17 41-2595 / The Desert Rat
Delivered MacDill 28/2/42; 97BG Sarasota 29/3/42; Ogden 7/7/42; 383BG Ainsworth 19/3/43; Wright-Patterson Fd 17/8/43, modified in 1944 to XC-108A experimental cargo a/c, bomb doors were sealed shut, armament removed, solid hinged nose piece and a large cargo door cut into rear fuselage; this took 19,000 man hours and program halted for others. It was based in India and used for flying material over the Hump and Returned to the USA in 10/44 ending up in pieces on the dump at Dow Fd in Maine. It was virtually complete and eventually sold for scrap to Mike Kellner 1985 at Galt, Ill, for restoration, now complete at Lake Bluff, Marengo, Ill., Destined to fly again. THE DESERT RAT.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 3. Mai 2017
30. Dezember 2019 access_time 16:41
used to play in this B-17 as a kid in the early fifties when it was in an auto junkyard in Lagrange Maine steering cables for my soap box derby car came from this bomber
30. Dezember 2019 access_time 16:46
Wow! Thank you for sharing your personal story.
27. Januar 2020 access_time 21:23
Well, perhaps someday you might be able to play in it again while its finished in restoration.
29. Januar 2020 access_time 9:26
😀
31. Januar 2020 access_time 2:15
Wow!! I had a friend who trained in this exact B17!!