Some vintage B-17 pics

gary1954 · Post by **gary1954** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:59 am

Ah the late great DT

So dats where that turret system got off to....

Nathan Milarta · Post by **Nathan Milarta** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:28 am

Sorry guys I dont have the photo on me but I will check it asap.

Nathan Milarta · Post by **Nathan Milarta** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:22 pm

ok the tail number of the farthest B-17E is 12404.

HTH,
Nate

hang the expense · Post by **hang the expense** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:11 pm

Correct,its DTs bird.There are some other parts in there as well.Can you imagine being the guys that carried,dragged,kicked that turret down the mountain.Oh my aching back.

gary1954 · Post by **gary1954** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:50 am

ya, I was wondering how difficult it was to get that HMF out of the fuselage, What does one of those things weigh?
Can you inagine the shok and awe when they went into that -17 and found that treasure!

Chris Brame · Post by **Chris Brame** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:07 pm

Anyone have the tail number of the B-17D on the right?

DryMartini · Post by **DryMartini** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:24 pm

Hard to tell. I'll look at a book with this pict in it,
and see if I can do better, but if I had to guess,
looks like either 40-3061 or 40-3067

hang the expense · Post by **hang the expense** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 5:48 pm

Back in the 90s the top turret would power up.It may still.Its a real bear to get by one when we were skinny.Heck, I wouldnt even try now.

BTW, They had a lot of man power to accomplish the job.

pokryshkin · Post by **pokryshkin** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:55 am

Dear Nathan,

Going by Freeman/Osborne, (I don't have the IARCs yet)
The Serial could only be 40-3065, otherwise 40-3092 had that scheme (see the New Haven Photo at Yale, 1944) or others could be: 40-3081, 40-3082,
40-3084, 40-3085, 40-3089, or 40-3090:

40-3060, 40-3040, 40-3071, 40-3077, 40-3080, and 40-3083, were all destroyed on December7, 1941, at Hickam.
Hope this helps.

Regards,

Dan Katz

Aero Vintage Books

Some vintage B-17 pics

Turret

Hard to tell

turret

Some vintage B-17 pics