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I built one b17, old 666 and a family member of one of the crew saw it and contacted me about it. If it really was it's pretty cool. I say if, because I responded right away and they never responded back.Very cool. The bird I'm working on was also a part of this bomber group. I'm in contact with the daughter of one of the pilots and she has some connection with the remaining members of this group. She's offered to put me in contact with a couple of them but no success yet.
Your project is progressing well. I have one of those is my stash. The one I'm hesitating about building is my Hasegawa B-17F "Hell's Angels".