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Given the enlarged cheek windows, paddle-blade props and shorter pitot tubes - I gather this is a Vega-built B-17F with a B-17E nosecone retrofitted. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the update. Wish he was still posting here.

Hang use to make some great posts here concerning his meticulous work re-creating B-17 parts. I haven't seen a post from him in years. Anyone know if he is still in the B-17 parts-making community? He had quite the operation going.

Steve,

Any insight to when the book will be released? I've followed this Zeamer/Sornaski story since I first read Jablonski's "Flying Fortress" as a kid.

Here you go. At first glance, it appears to be the OD over grey paint scheme.

All good points...yes, I see the color variance in the paint scheme on the fuselage.

Paddle props...aka B-17F on up. Probably not a B-17E or younger (if you're a betting man). Hence not a Hawaiian camo B-17.

Great find!

Another thought is that maybe the framed 'E' nose was the only type in theater capable of supporting the .50cal machine gun (or multiple) - this may have been a simple response to developing Japanese fighter tactics once B-17Fs started showing up in the pacific. A one-piece 'F' nose would have requi...

Funny...I posted a topic in this forum on 30-OCT regarding the remains of this exact aircraft!

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According to pacificwrecks.com, an extensive section of fuselage existed as recent as 1998 (I know, not that recent). Anyone know if it is still there? Per pacificwrecks.com: "The wing center section remains in the former American bone yard area at Tadji Airfield. Reportedly, part of the fuselage se...

Steve, I posted the photo of the fragmented Los Lobos nose art. Send me your email over private message, and I can send you a non-watermarked version of the photo. The picture was obtained from the Questmasters online museum, but does not appear to be there anymore. Link: http://www.questmasters.us/...

Was Los Lobos not B-17E 41-9213? Pacific Wrecks has 41-9213 listed as Los Lobos/Rover Boy.

HAD was a temporary paint scheme...I think they all were eventually painted over with the standard olive drab over gray. Steve Birdsall can correct me if I'm wrong.

Finally, 41-9222, aka Lil Nell.