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Re: Movie "Air Force" Identity of "Mary Ann"
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 9:20 pm
by Chris Brame
Just to cap things off and get the info onto the same thread, it seems very likely that this was the final fate of
Mary Ann (thanks to terveurn):
Info is on this thread (Scott, do you want to merge these?):
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4527
Re: Movie "Air Force" Identity of "Mary Ann"
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 5:52 am
by hang the expense
Well thats not what I wanted to see first thing in the morning.Damn.
Re: Movie "Air Force" Identity of "Mary Ann"
Posted: Fri May 19, 2017 10:32 pm
by Dan Johnson
Just for fun. Came across this photo of Gig Young all decked out as our favorite B17B co-pilot. What the stylish airman of the 190th Bomb Group were wearing in 41-42
Maybe the B-17C project needs a patch. Close up of the 190th BG patch on Lt. Williams' A2
Re: Movie "Air Force" Identity of "Mary Ann"
Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 3:31 pm
by DryMartini
I wonder what Disney would
Charge for a usage fee?
Re: Movie "Air Force" Identity of "Mary Ann"
Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 4:33 pm
by Chris Brame
SPANNERmkV wrote:I don't have a lot to add to this- But what I do have is from someone who was on field- Sebring- in 43
From my Father William M. Price III to his mother Olga Price:
We lost an old B-17-B ("06") and everyone is damned careful about them.
Spanner, what date was the letter written? AAIR lists the accident that wrote off 39-6 as being September 10, 1942 (landing accident-structural failure).
Anyone have the accident report?
Re: Movie "Air Force" Identity of "Mary Ann"
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 9:08 pm
by suzyQ194
I have always been curious about this question; Were any B 17 Y1B, b, C,D tail cones cut off as portrayed in the film and if yes is there any documentation? which ships?
Thanks,
Re: Movie "Air Force" Identity of "Mary Ann"
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2017 6:04 pm
by 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.
Re: Movie "Air Force" Identity of "Mary Ann"
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 12:19 am
by suzyQ194
Bill,
Thanks, I kinda figured that with the ribs and stringers and the diameter of the fuselage.
Re: Movie "Air Force" Identity of "Mary Ann"
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 8:35 am
by ram91957
This just showed up in a scrapbook from an Airman Stationed at Amarillo Army Airfield in late 1943 and Stockton Field in mid 1944.......It was in an envelope labeled ---Souvenir of the B-17 "Mary Ann"
Re: Movie "Air Force" Identity of "Mary Ann"
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 3:38 pm
by DryMartini
That is AMAZING!
Is it in your possession?
Re: Movie "Air Force" Identity of "Mary Ann"
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 5:19 pm
by ram91957
Yes...
Re: Movie "Air Force" Identity of "Mary Ann"
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2019 3:36 am
by Chris Brame
(Other posters on the thread fall over in a dead faint)
Hmmm... data plate rebuild?
Re: Movie "Air Force" Identity of "Mary Ann"
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2019 9:22 pm
by Dan Johnson
Just saw the data plate. WOW! doesn't begin to cover it
Re: Movie "Air Force" Identity of "Mary Ann" - Boeing Ad
Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 12:21 pm
by terveurn
Re: Movie "Air Force" Identity of "Mary Ann"
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 4:55 pm
by Davelewa
I remember "discovering" Air Force on the late show one summer when I was spending a few weeks at my Grandma's. Ben one of my favorites ever since. I felt like I got to see the Mary Ann a few years ago when my Dad and I visited the restoration area at The Air Force Museum and we saw The Swoose and Memphis Belle. First thng I looked at on The Swoose was the tail area to see if John Garfield could have fit in there.
