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    Wright R3350 Duplex Cyclone Engine -- 109 photos

    There are two static displays of Wright R3350 Duplex Cyclone engines at the Doolittle museum. I took 109 photos and organized them by fore, aft, starboard, port, and fuel system. I am interested in technical information if anyone cares to share... manuals, identification of parts, etc. Here...
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    B17G Flying Fortress - Technical Photographs

    If you have technical knowledge, or well-reasoned suspicions about items seen in the pictures I have posted on Flickr of the B17G Flying Fortress owned by the Collings Foundation, please provide those comments in this forum. I will take those comments and add them to the photograph descriptions...
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    B24J Technical Pictures Posted

    I posted some technical pictures of Witchcraft, the Collings Foundation's B24J. There are a lot of items in the photographs that could use more technical identification and description. Here is a link to that forum...
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    B24J Liberator - Technical pictures

    If you have technical knowledge, or well-reasoned suspicions about items seen in the pictures I have posted on Flickr of the B24J Liberator owned by the Collings Foundation, please provide those comments in this forum. I will take those comments and add them to the photograph descriptions on...
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    Scrapping B29's on Tinian

    I watched a youtube video on the early runs from India, and it seemed that engine overheating was a huge issue at takeoff. It would be nice to find a picture of the engine boneyard and add it to this thread.
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    Sacramento / Northern California WWII Allies Mess Night

    I went to the "Wings of Freedom" event today (01June13) at de-commissioned McClellan AFB. They had a P51C, B17, and B24 on static display. I got to go through the B17 and B24 and I took a lot of pictures, emphasizing the ball turrets and mechanical items of the planes. I will start a new...
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    Scrapping B29's on Tinian

    Can anyone direct me to more pictures and history regarding the scrapping of B29's on Tinian? Breaks my heart. What was the reason? Recovery of precious metals?
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    Sacramento / Northern California WWII Allies Mess Night

    I am thinking along the lines of the following: 1. American uniforms, or "guests" in allies uniforms. 2. Follow the traditions of the Marine Corps, with regard to a mess night. See appendix D of the following: http://navyrotc.berkeley.edu/docs/Drill%20Manual%204.pdf 3. Have an empty table...
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    B-29's pressurized cabin and remote-controlled machine-gun turrets.

    Pls share... what B29 site? Does it still exist in 2013?
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    Mariana Islands

    Youtube has quite a few videos. Use "b29" as the search parameter, and watch every video that has something to do with the b29. That should be helpful. Gy Nelson
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    Sacramento / Northern California WWII Allies Mess Night

    I am curious to know if anyone in the Sacramento or Northern California area might be interested in doing a mess night with guests, in WWII atire. The idea would be to dress in an Allies dress uniform (Class B or higher), and to create a mess night that is period accurate. For example, in the...
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    Interests: B29's; WWII USAAF; period uniforms and accoutriment; WWII cryptology: Enigma, Bomb...

    Interests: B29's; WWII USAAF; period uniforms and accoutriment; WWII cryptology: Enigma, Bomb, Bletchley Park, Touring machine; Unterseeboot's (U boats); Manhattan project (particularly the history and physics of it); WWII technological advances; spys, agents, and spycraft--particularly devices...
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    B29: Did Central Fire Control Prevent Shooting Tail, Wings, Observation Bubbles?

    I am learning about the B29, a new interest. I am curious to know if the Central Fire Control (CFC) computer was able to disingage shooting when the machine guns pointed towards the wings, tail, engines, or the observation bubbles?
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