Attn shoppers pt. 2: 49th Svc. Sq. album B-17s

[Chris Brame]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/USAAF-P-39-B-1 ... SwfVhZ9R7Q
Too rich for my blood, or anyone else's here probably, but there are some tidbits worth checking out. Anyone care to try to suss out the IDs of these Hoevet Field (at Mareeba) boneyard B-17Es?

[Steve Birdsall]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/USAAF-P-39-B-1 ... SwfVhZ9R7Q
Too rich for my blood, or anyone else's here probably, but there are some tidbits worth checking out. Anyone care to try to suss out the IDs of these Hoevet Field (at Mareeba) boneyard B-17Es?

This one with the unpainted props is 41-2665 Salisbury's Silly Saps.

[Steve Birdsall]

And this one's 41-2659 Frank Buck . . .

[Chris Brame]

Great ID, Steve - thanks!

(Osborne lists 41-2665 as Lulu and Pretty Baby; was Salisbury's Silly Saps the last name it carried?)

[Steve Birdsall]

No, it was the first (known) name that the plane had. We've all seen a number of photos of Pretty Baby but I don't think anybody's ever found a photo showing the name Lulu on it. However, it's reported in very reliable records.