Attn shoppers part 6: B-17G with "CA" code

[Chris Brame]

Well, this is a new one:

Any guesses? Note Truman's C-54 and some B-29s (one coded K2 - Keesler?) in the rest of the shots. Auction ends in a little under 4 hours.
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[terveurn]

and if you look over #2 engine, it looks like the number 4

So C * A4 -- one of the 3rd AF bases but I do not know which base was C

[Chris Brame]

Aha! Maybe Kirtland? Were they short of B-29 trainers at some point and substituting B-17s? Check this out from fuselagecodes.com:

"C" coded TB-29 formerly based at Kirtland Field, NM
USAAF Photo

(image via airplaneboneyards.com)