Amarillo B-17 Mechanic School
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Amarillo B-17 Mechanic School
I feel rather foolish for not starting this thread much, much sooner. I've been talking with Dan K and realized that I'd not posted these photos here.
This past summer found my wife, Ellen, and I back at AFHRA doing research on H2X, Second Air Force training programs, etc, etc. I was curious to see what the Amarillo Army Air Field Base Historical Files had in them, and I was bowled over by the quantity of photographs. I will post these photos over the next few days as I have time. There are literally dozens of photos of trainee mechanics in various classes, all learning to maintain the Fortress, and a lot of the photos have very early machines in them. So, here goes:
I'll start with a couple of the Y1B-17 pictures.
I'll have to upload the rest to Photobucket before I continue.
More later,
Scott
This past summer found my wife, Ellen, and I back at AFHRA doing research on H2X, Second Air Force training programs, etc, etc. I was curious to see what the Amarillo Army Air Field Base Historical Files had in them, and I was bowled over by the quantity of photographs. I will post these photos over the next few days as I have time. There are literally dozens of photos of trainee mechanics in various classes, all learning to maintain the Fortress, and a lot of the photos have very early machines in them. So, here goes:
I'll start with a couple of the Y1B-17 pictures.
I'll have to upload the rest to Photobucket before I continue.
More later,
Scott
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Scott,
Even though some of these have been seen on other threads here, they are still beautiful to behold!
Please, ASAC(Convenient), post any others you feel appropriate.
Gratefully,
Dan Katz
Even though some of these have been seen on other threads here, they are still beautiful to behold!
Please, ASAC(Convenient), post any others you feel appropriate.
Gratefully,
Dan Katz
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As I continue to post these pictures I should make it clear that I'm not really putting them up in chronological order. I decided to post them from oldest airframe to newer (more-or-less) and I'll leave the handwritten captions and dates on the photos for chronological reference.
Here is close-up of 38-268 that I cropped when we first started talking about her:
This is Hangar 740 with an early machine residing within:
And a blown-up version showing the nose numbers and offset aircraft commander's bubble.
Now back to Y1B-17s in various forms of undress, and I'll just let the original captions (sometimes oddly worded, but original nonetheless) speak for themselves:
This one gives a really good view what was under that nacelle-top fairing:
I'll post this pair here since they're refuelling a YB in the bottom shot. We have a vintage trailer at VFM that I'd like to rebuild to replicate the Mobile Training Unit van.
I'll get some more loaded on Photobucket and post them then.
Scott
Here is close-up of 38-268 that I cropped when we first started talking about her:
This is Hangar 740 with an early machine residing within:
And a blown-up version showing the nose numbers and offset aircraft commander's bubble.
Now back to Y1B-17s in various forms of undress, and I'll just let the original captions (sometimes oddly worded, but original nonetheless) speak for themselves:
This one gives a really good view what was under that nacelle-top fairing:
I'll post this pair here since they're refuelling a YB in the bottom shot. We have a vintage trailer at VFM that I'd like to rebuild to replicate the Mobile Training Unit van.
I'll get some more loaded on Photobucket and post them then.
Scott
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WOW!!!
Thank you!!!
-Dan K.
PS - This fills a gap in the B-17B numbers used at Hendricks!
I wonder whether this was 39-002, or perhaps another airplane.........
Thank you!!!
-Dan K.
PS - This fills a gap in the B-17B numbers used at Hendricks!
I wonder whether this was 39-002, or perhaps another airplane.........
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I suspect but cannot prove that the aircraft being refueled is also the one behind the engine stand: 36-158.
-Dan K.
-Dan K.
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The Amarillo Historical File is unusual in that it actually had a LOT of photos with descriptive text. Most airfield histories that we've gone through (primarily Kansas and Nebraska 2AF stations) have only a few pictures. Unfortunately, there wasn't an equipment list or any serial numbers of the training airframes assigned to Amarillo. I suspect that there is a document somewhere in the archives that has this info......if only I knew the proper words to use in my query.
Scott
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Scott,
By some miracle did you check on Hendricks Field, Sebring, Florida?
What you've got so far is GRRRREAT!!!!!
-Dan K.
By some miracle did you check on Hendricks Field, Sebring, Florida?
What you've got so far is GRRRREAT!!!!!
-Dan K.
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early birds
Man I love this stuff.To all please keep this up.There is a book in here for early forts.The info all you guys have needs to be told.Thank you all again.
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Oddly enough, the Base History photo collection jumps from the really early airplanes with no pictures of the C, D, or E that I've been able to find. The next few photos are of general maintenance training with several F models as backdrops.
This last photo is interesting in that the mysterious "P" code is visible. From what I gather the P22 stencil was an identifying mark from a Mod or Processing Center for aircraft destined for the combat zone.
Scott
This last photo is interesting in that the mysterious "P" code is visible. From what I gather the P22 stencil was an identifying mark from a Mod or Processing Center for aircraft destined for the combat zone.
Scott
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