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Corvallis B-17G 43-38978 - photo found

Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:31 pm
by Chris Brame
This just showed up in a WIX thread. The surplus B-17G 43-38978 at the Corvallis, OR airport has so far eluded the search for a photo - until now:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/193343944 ... 6/sizes/h/
Not the greatest but it will do for the moment. Is that a 3-digit buzz number below the serial? (ETA: No.) Thread here:
http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.o ... =3&t=72965

Re: Corvallis B-17G 43-38978 - photo found

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 9:14 pm
by Chris Brame
Thanks to the poster (Mark Allen M), we now have an enlargement!
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Field code looks like "24"; Osborne says this plane spent most of its career at Eglin - correct, terveurn?

Re: Corvallis B-17G 43-38978 - photo found

Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2021 3:00 pm
by terveurn
The number 24 should date from her time at Hendricks - she should also have the number repeated on her nose.

Nothing interesting on her card - pretty boring. Eglin Test Flight for 10 months, Hendricks for 2 months, then Altus for disposal.
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43-38978 card.JPG

Re: Corvallis B-17G 43-38978 - photo found

Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2021 7:39 pm
by aerovin2
Thanks, guys. I saw the WIX posting and I'll work that photo into the RFC page...