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Shopper forgot to pay attention (Fritz the Ditch)
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2022 8:15 pm
by Chris Brame
Nuts, forgot to get a bid in - another view of B-17B ditching trainer
Fritz the Ditch. Are those liferafts on the nacelles?
Re: Shopper forgot to pay attention (Fritz the Ditch)
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2022 9:00 pm
by terveurn
Chris Brame wrote: ↑Mon Oct 03, 2022 8:15 pm
Nuts, forgot to get a bid in - another view of B-17B ditching trainer
Fritz the Ditch. Are those liferafts on the nacelles?
Nope - Oil tank access panels missing (I believe)
B-17 panels.JPG
Re: Shopper forgot to pay attention (Fritz the Ditch)
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2022 10:44 pm
by aerovin2
Or…I think Chris meant the circular life rafts hung over the front of the nacelles to dry…
Re: Shopper forgot to pay attention (Fritz the Ditch)
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2022 6:46 am
by terveurn
aerovin2 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 03, 2022 10:44 pm
Or…I think Chris meant the circular life rafts hung over the front of the nacelles to dry…
Do not believe they are liferafts - way too big for WWII configuration.
My thoughts are just canvas covering the firewalls
Re: Shopper forgot to pay attention (Fritz the Ditch)
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2022 12:56 pm
by Steve Birdsall
Look to be just covers. My copy of that photo came from Jake Grimm, the 483rd Bomb Group historian. Unfortunately no further details.
Re: Shopper forgot to pay attention (Fritz the Ditch)
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 4:02 am
by terveurn
Wondering if this ditching trainer is 38-583 that crashed Dale Marby Field - 4 December 1943
38-583.JPG
Re: Shopper forgot to pay attention (Fritz the Ditch)
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 9:12 pm
by Chris Brame
I think we have a winner!
