It is an intriguing and admittedly obscure story. For anyone interested, the issue is available directly from Challenge Publications by calling 818-700-6868 or at http://www.airclassicsnow.com/ (though the website has not yet been updated to the current issue). Though the opening spread color photo is not directly related to the story, it is a great photo of a combat veteran B-17G. We took a lot of time to try and find any photos of the new B-17s in storage at Altus, OK, in the post-war period...there were at least a hundred brand new B-17s there...but came up empty. 44-85764 was one of those Altus B-17s, as were most of the post-war surplus B-17s that made it to the civil world. If anyone is aware of on-the-ground photos of those new B-17s at Altus, I'd sure like to see them.
