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44-8051 at Alexandria + another mystery
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2017 5:02 am
by Chris Brame
This one just turned up on eBay, dated November 1944:
Another shot of it I already have (terveurn, I think I got it from you?):
Zooming in on the tail on the right:
Tail code 194
?. The only OD/NG B-17 from Alexandria that seems to work is B-17G 42-3
1948, which was lost (along with both crews) in a midair with B-17F 42-5355 during a 54-ship training flight on May 7, 1945.
Re: 44-8051 at Alexandria + another mystery
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2017 2:50 pm
by terveurn
44-8051 was a popular B-17 at Alexandria - have a whole bunch of these shots:
44-8051.jpg
44-8051 E Alexandria.jpg
44-8051 Alexandria b.jpg
Re: 44-8051 at Alexandria + another mystery
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2017 2:53 pm
by terveurn
This one goes with the E-bay shot -- only three crew number differences
44-8051 Alexandria bb.jpg
Re: 44-8051 at Alexandria + another mystery
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2017 9:38 pm
by Dan Johnson
For what it's worth, I got that last one off eBay and have the second image of the left side too with that crew. I have the high bid on the first one. Hope you guys aren't after it too. I have a thing for Alex crews
Re: 44-8051 at Alexandria + another mystery
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2017 4:53 am
by Chris Brame
Gentlemen's agreement: Unless a shot of a certain Hobbs AAF/Kentuckian B-17G shows up, I'll leave the bidding on the Fortress photos to you!
Re: 44-8051 at Alexandria + another mystery
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 8:46 pm
by Dan Johnson
Someone wanted that one bad. As much as I did, it wasn't worth going overboard for