I just added a post at aerovintage.com about the postwar storage of B-17s at Pyote AAF in west Texas (otherwise known as the Rattlesnake Bomber Base). About 75 or so unused B-17s were stored there in the postwar years and they became the source of many of the DB-17s and QB-17s in the 1950-1959 period. I am continuing to look for photos of B-17s in storage at Pyote...they are very few and far between if they are even out there.
https://www.aerovintage.com/2024/01/26/ ... its-b-17s/
Stored B-17s at Pyote AAF in the postwar years
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Stored B-17s at Pyote AAF in the postwar years
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"The Webmaster, More or Less"