Opening scene. Lot's of B-17E action in this flick. You can watch the entire movie on YouTube. A formation of five (5) B-17Es fly throughout the movie. I've successfully picked out four serial numbers.I have another wartime photo of this bird. More B-17E serials to follow.
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To follow up on Steve's post in the small world department. I bought a wartime printed copy of "Queens Die Proudly" by W.L White. Much to my surprise the following inscription was in the book. It made the book that much more special.
I notice 41-2594 didn't have a ball turret in the earlier photo - was there a shortage early on? It has one in the movie.
I recorded this movie as well, in HD, and I'll try to see if I can pull some sharp stills of the Forts, plus the B-18As (there are at least three; 38-596 in camo and two others in bare metal; might be able to get a serial off one of them going frame by frame) and B-23 39-24 (which I've never seen a photo anywhere else).
Chris Brame wrote:I'll try to see if I can pull some sharp stills of the Forts, plus the B-18As (there are at least three; 38-596 in camo and two others in bare metal; might be able to get a serial off one of them going frame by frame) and B-23 39-24 (which I've never seen a photo anywhere else).
Couldn't download from the DVR, so I took stills of the TV screen.
B-18A 38-588 (most likely; 588 was at Kirtland and 38-589 was back east when this was filmed):
B-23 39-34 (only image of this one I've seen):
I saved these since they were blink-and-you-miss-it; there was only one readable frame of the B-18.
