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Bubba and his new swamp buggy.World War Photos
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An "F" model with a chin turret
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.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.
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.Thanks for that. I think I have seen that first photo before, now that i think of it, possibly in "Mighty Eighth".
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.
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