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Oops! Forgot to log in. Yes, it was from Freeman's Fortress at War. Hope that helps.

By the way the chap guarding the plane is dressed, my guess is that it is stateside somewhere.

Here is the best pic I have.

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The biggest hint is the late-style star insignia on the fuselage, which did not show up in the Pacific until late '43 - early '44(I think). It also looks like their might be a Rising Sun kill marker above the nav station. With what I can see of the tail number, I would presume it to be 41-9145 or 41...

Not a clue. With that said, do you have anymore B-17E pictures to share?

They look oddly familiar to the bumps on the underside of a B-17 wing.

Sorry, I only have pictures of her in the XC-108 configuration. The photo of 41-2594 was taken in Midland, TX. I'll send a full-size copy your way if you want to shoot me an email address.

I would love to know the serial #s of these B-17Es. Currently building a database of the 512 B-17Es that were made by Boeing, hopefully with pictures to accompany each history. Any help or any pics for that matter, is much appreciated. Avenger http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h237/WarBirdBuff/Aveng...

B-17E 41-2596 courtesy of LIFE magazine (you can make out tail # in high-res versions of this photo)



B-17E 41-2594 courtesy of EBAY

It looks as though the interior is painted silver. Note the lack of reflections. Can anyone verify this on early B-17s?

Found these off of msn.com. It appears that the majority of the aircraft is inside and protected from the elements, if not vandals. I hope that is the case. http://www.danitadelimont.com/pr/143353980/DanitaDelimont.com_RM_OC12_BFR0045.jpg http://www.danitadelimont.com/pr/143353980/DanitaDelimont.com...