B-17 Pilots armor plate
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:33 am
Can anyone find a drawing of the armor plate that goes behind the pilots seats please, need to make a set.
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B-17 Pilots armor plate
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Re: B-17 Pilots armor plate
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 10:58 pm
I believe this is a detail that most B-17 restorations have missed. Didn't most, if not all combat-ready B-17s have armor-plating installed behind the pilots seats? I am looking for pictures of the type used in B-17 aircraft. I thought that "Mary Alice" had them installed. Anyone know? please tell me
Re: B-17 Pilots armor plate
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 7:46 pm
The blueprints show that pilot seat armor was standard on the B-17E-G
(It may also have been added to the C/D, but I have not gotten to that part of
the B-17C microfilm reels yet). The E had a drawing, the early Fs had one, and the late Fs
and Gs had a third type of armor.
This is the early F model pilot armor:
Re: B-17 Pilots armor plate
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 10:17 am
I sent you a print for the pilot's armor plate, is it the one you need?
Re: B-17 Pilots armor plate
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 10:58 pm
Thanks Don,AIR DEPOT wrote:I sent you a print for the pilot's armor plate, is it the one you need?
I have a copy now and have made them. I posted that request in 2007, my how time flies
Re: B-17 Pilots armor plate
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 4:59 pm
Hey Dave did you get the pics I sent?
Re: B-17 Pilots armor plate
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:45 pm
Yes, thankyou Tom,
I will send you some in the next couple of days. With a few questions as well.
Thanks
Dave
I will send you some in the next couple of days. With a few questions as well.
Thanks
Dave