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Sorry for the service interruption for two days there. It appears to be back up and running now after some file conflicts. I am in the process of slowly revamping the main Aero Vintage website and this is part of the travails and tribulations.
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So, just a little bit of trouble ??
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You have a serial # on that B-17E?
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From the Texas State archives
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Three off from 41-2595.
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aerovin2 wrote: Sun Feb 10, 2019 11:59 am Three off from 41-2595.
I know I need a seeing eye dog, but that looks like 41-2592......


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41-2592 Del Pendleton; Cheyenne 6/5/42; Alamogordo 19/6/42; Eglin 18/8/42; ass 30BS/19BG Pyote 11/1/43; c/l base and burnt out w/Joe Finnegan 22/2/43, WO.
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Doesn’t look like a crash landing. Looks like fueling or maintenance incident.
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top turret / O2 fire.

Find it interesting that all B-17's pretty much burn the same way -- gasoline gets trapped in the trailing edge of the wings and once that goes-up, there is only one way to put it out (well two, the other is just to let it burn).

The recommended WWII procedure for a wing fire is to chop a hole in the trailing edge, and shove the nozzle into the wing and fill it with foam.
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