T Bolt
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User Name: T Bolt
Name: Glenn
Category: Advanced
Kit: Academy Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
Scale: 1/72nd
Accessories: Squadron Crystal Clear canopy and True Details wheel sets
In the Heavy Hitters II GB I built "Booby Trap" a B-24 that my father remembered from his time with the 490th Bomb Group. This time I've picked a B-17 from his group.
B-17G-75-BO 43-37907 "Carolina Moon" was with the 851st Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force based at Eye, Suffolk England from early July 1944 until the end of the war.
Dad was with the 848th squadron which was equipped with B-24s at the time so most of his stories involved B-24s but his flight records show that he did make one training flight with the 851st squadron aboard a B-17G on Aug 9th, 1944 so there is a chance although small (approx. 1 in 18) that it could have been on this aircraft.
I have the Squadron Crystal Clear canopy set which I will be using some of and I intend to get the True Details wheel set. Other than that I will be building it pretty much out of the box.
Source of pictures: The Internet
Name: Glenn
Category: Advanced
Kit: Academy Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
Scale: 1/72nd
Accessories: Squadron Crystal Clear canopy and True Details wheel sets
In the Heavy Hitters II GB I built "Booby Trap" a B-24 that my father remembered from his time with the 490th Bomb Group. This time I've picked a B-17 from his group.
B-17G-75-BO 43-37907 "Carolina Moon" was with the 851st Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force based at Eye, Suffolk England from early July 1944 until the end of the war.
Dad was with the 848th squadron which was equipped with B-24s at the time so most of his stories involved B-24s but his flight records show that he did make one training flight with the 851st squadron aboard a B-17G on Aug 9th, 1944 so there is a chance although small (approx. 1 in 18) that it could have been on this aircraft.
I have the Squadron Crystal Clear canopy set which I will be using some of and I intend to get the True Details wheel set. Other than that I will be building it pretty much out of the box.
Source of pictures: The Internet
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