Picture of the day.

[Wurger]

 

[Snautzer01]

CLASSIC 1936 Aviation Press Photo Portrait Amelia Earhart Inside Plane Pr. 1970s | eBay

 

[syscom3]

A high price was paid.

Luftwaffe officers are inspecting the wreck of B-17

 

[Wurger]

 

[Snautzer01]

Lanz Traktor Bogward Funkwagen Schlepper 16 Panzer 1944 Baranow Stopnica Polen | eBay

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

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[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Rare view of B-17F with external bomb mounts. No photo credit available.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

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[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

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[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Vought OS2U-1 Kingfisher. No photo credit available.

 

[at6]

Lanz Traktor Bogward Funkwagen Schlepper 16 Panzer 1944 Baranow Stopnica Polen | eBay

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Now, may I see your AAA card?

 

[at6]

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Bubba and his new swamp buggy.

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[Wurger]

 

[syscom3]

306th Bomb Group B-17's en route to Berlin. On March 6 1944

 

[CATCH 22]

An "F" model with a chin turret

Interesting shot. Is that a "Mickey" radar pod behind the chin turret ?
If so, I don't think I've seen one in the location before.

The a/c in post# 18,842 s/n 42-3489 was build as B-17F-70-DL but redesignated to B-17G-1-DL. The H2X-equipped a/cs received the suffix SH so the correct designation should be B-17GSH. This was the innitial H2X (Mickey)-radar installation in the nose - check this thread in our forum: B-17 Radar or Night Bombers or this article.
Here is another photo of an early Mickey-plane in flight:

Picture copied from here.
And this is s/n 42-3491 lost over Berlin on March 6, 1944. Radar is visible under nose:

Photo copied from Fold3.
Cheers!

 

[Airframes]

Thanks for that. I think I have seen that first photo before, now that i think of it, possibly in "Mighty Eighth".

 

[CATCH 22]

Thanks for that. I think I have seen that first photo before, now that i think of it, possibly in "Mighty Eighth".

When you first mentioned it I remembered I've seen the nose detail before. My home archive brought me to the site I've linked above, showing the complete plane (as copied). In the same link both photos are given as Courtesy USAAF via Roger Freeman so yes, it's probably in the book.
Cheers!

 

[Capt. Vick]

The a/c in post# 18,842 s/n 42-3489 was build as B-17F-70-DL but redesignated to B-17G-1-DL. The H2X-equipped a/cs received the suffix SH so the correct designation should be B-17GSH. This was the innitial H2X (Mickey)-radar installation in the nose - check this thread in our forum: B-17 Radar or Night Bombers or this article.
Here is another photo of an early Mickey-plane in flight:
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Picture copied from here.
And this is s/n 42-3491 lost over Berlin on March 6, 1944. Radar is visible under nose:
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Photo copied from Fold3.
Cheers!

I wonder if this is the same ship? From the book below:

 

[michaelmaltby]

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