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- Wed Jan 06, 2016 4:43 am
- Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
- Topic: Help with Dec 7 Pearl Harbor B-17 flight
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Re: Help with Dec 7 Pearl Harbor B-17 flight
Well, if you want a good history of the use of the B-17 in the Pacific I would start with Fortress Against the Sun . http://www.amazon.com/Fortress-Against-Sun-Flying-Pacific/dp/1580970494/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1451921777&sr=8-1&keywords=fortress+against+the+sun That and some of the stuff that Ste...
- Mon Jan 04, 2016 5:17 am
- Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
- Topic: Help with Dec 7 Pearl Harbor B-17 flight
- Replies: 8
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Re: Help with Dec 7 Pearl Harbor B-17 flight
There is or was a 1/48th B-17E conversion kit from Paragon . . . detail set #4851 which "includes replacement engine cowlings, propeller blades, lower gun turret and nose glazings allowing for the modeling of an early E aircraft". http://www.swannysmodels.com/B17Econversion.html I wish someone coul...
- Sat Jan 02, 2016 4:56 am
- Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
- Topic: Help with Dec 7 Pearl Harbor B-17 flight
- Replies: 8
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Re: Help with Dec 7 Pearl Harbor B-17 flight
If you go to page 2 of Steve's thread on the Hawaiian Air Depot camo scheme, you'll se a pic of two B-17Es and one B-17D. If your intent is to replicate the camo and marking schemes of 41-2413 as of Dec. 7th, look at the B-17E at the left. Eliminate the tail stripes and the serial number and you wi...
- Wed Dec 30, 2015 6:08 am
- Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
- Topic: Help with Dec 7 Pearl Harbor B-17 flight
- Replies: 8
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Help with Dec 7 Pearl Harbor B-17 flight
Gentlemen, I am new to the board and am looking for some help. Forgive me if this info is imbedded somewhere on the forum. Brief background- My Grandfather, 1LT Erwin Cihak, was an Aviation Cadet on board B-17E 41-2413 piloted by Maj Landon that arrived at Hickam Field on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941...