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Posted: **Sun Oct 29, 2017 2:37 pm**

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?

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 11:33 am**

Chris Brame wrote: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.

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:42 pm**

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

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 6:45 pm**

Great ID, Steve - thanks!

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

Posted: **Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:36 pm**

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.

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

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