A tiny B17B tidbit from a second book on Hendricks Field

[Dan Johnson]

Wish I could read the serial number on the photo, but the tail number is 02 which I haven't seen before.

From a small wartime published paperback on Hendricks Field, published by the Public Relations Office at Hendricks

[pokryshkin]

Dear Dan,

Thank you for adding this!
In the movie Air Force, IF you watch the "starting engines"sequence, you'll see that one of the aircraft in line and/or taxying out is "02"!

Regards,
Dan Katz

PS - How ya doin' otherwise?

No news yet on the model magazine article, but it's primed me to do (just of the top of my head just now) a bunch of 'em on "sharktails"!
Examples:

"38-215 in Alaska Combat,"(modified and painted B-17B kit)

"38-216 In Alaska" (The second aircraft assigned to Cold Weather Test),

"Swoose in the Caribbean," (natural metal color lineup photo from Jeff Ethell's "B-17 Fortress In Color")

"Colin Kelly's Airplane" (most recent B-17C/D kit+ kit -C decals OTB!),

"90 Squadron RAF's Fortress Is(Extradecals/Aviation Usk decals /Rising Decals+B-17C kit),"

"220 Squadron RAF's Fortress Is(Extradecals+B-17C kit)," "

"40-3095 in Japanese Service," (captured and repaired B-17D)

"The Airplanes of Air Force, "(B-17Bs and YB-17s, Hendricks Field, 1942),

"Beyond the Airplanes of Air Force" (B-17Bs, Hendricks Field, 1942)

"B-17Bs in Newfoundland"(41st Reconnaissance Squadron)

"Mildred and Esmeralda"(B-17Bs and B-17Es, Milford OR or Ephrata, WA)

"DOUBLE Medal of Honor Fortress, 41-2666," (Zeamer/Sarnoski, 43 BG)
(for a reference, watch History Channel's Dogfights Episode: Long Odds)

"MacArthur's XC108 The Bataan" (B-17E kit with B-17F nose OR B-17F kit modified),

and maybe I can come up with some others as well.

PLEASE keep in touch!

Right now, besides writing down those titles so I can write the articles, I've been working on the B-17C and B-17D individual histories,even without IARCs - using Freeman and using Baugher as a double-check and final authority.

[pokryshkin]

You can just barely see that the outer No. 4 engine air intake IS a B-17B intake, NOT a B-17C or B-17D intake! - AND the nacelles bend under/behind the cowlings as the B-17B nacelles do, no just straight on or with a slight change in diameter as on the B-17C and B-17D!

Dan Katz

PS - Could you please post those arctic B-17B photos for me?
Thanks!!
It will be interesting, as I've already posted the words, now I need help posting the PHOTOS!!

Thanks again!!

Grateful Regards,
Dan