B-17s at Dallas Love Field

[menards2]

According to the 1958 shot of Dallas Love Field. There were 7 PB-1Ws parked in storage on the western corner of the airport. 2 of these were flown out of Dallas for "The War Lover". What happened to the other 5? And are there any photos of these planes while in storage in Dallas?

[Dan Johnson]

Track down a copy of Martin Caiden's book "Everything but the Flak" about the ferry flight of those 17s for the War Lover. I seem to recall there were photos of the 17s as they were in storage prior to the refurbishment for the movie.

[Second Air Force]

Someplace in my "library" I have some publication(s) with photos of at least a few of the Love Field Forts. I'll try my luck at remembering what books/magazines the pictures are in for you.

[terveurn]

Surprised Steve Birdsall did not respond on this one - Steve's B-17 book from the 1960 has a bunch of pictures of the PB-1W's at Love NAS.

[aerovin2]

For what it is worth, these are all pretty well documented in Final Cut. I also did an article for FlyPast years ago on these airplanes that had some good color shots of them at Dallas. I'll try and dig a few out and post them here. If I were on the ball, I'd add a section to my website with that material. Maybe someday....

[aerovin2]

That article appeared in the September 2004 issue of FlyPast magazine, and pretty much covered the story of these B-17s. Here is one of the photos: