Movie "Air Force" Identity of "Mary Ann"

[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

[hang the expense]

Well thats not what I wanted to see first thing in the morning.Damn.

[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

[DryMartini]

I wonder what Disney would
Charge for a usage fee?

[Chris Brame]

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?

[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,

[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.

[suzyQ194]

Bill,
Thanks, I kinda figured that with the ribs and stringers and the diameter of the fuselage.

[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"

[DryMartini]

That is AMAZING!
Is it in your possession?

[ram91957]

Yes...

[Chris Brame]

(Other posters on the thread fall over in a dead faint)
Hmmm... data plate rebuild?

[Dan Johnson]

Just saw the data plate. WOW! doesn't begin to cover it

[terveurn]

Boeing Mary Ann Ad.JPG

[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.