Warbird Information Exchange

Aw nuts. This is the only opportunity I'll ever have to go there (my cousin's wedding, she's an Air Force doctor), but hopefully the prewar stuff is still accessible - were you able to see the B-10, B-18, A-17, P-35 and P-36 OK?

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

Yes the prewar area was OK, the B-10, B-18, A-17, P-35 and P-36 were unchanged
B-29 Box Car, and P-61, were partly covered in plastic due to HVAC work. Also some HVAC work around the WWI areas.
Yes LED lighting would be the best, going from the dark hangars into the new hangar 4 was like night and day.

I'll have a look, thanks for the link!

FYI - The National Archives has recently posted a boatload of raw color footage and outtakes (30+ postings, most ~20 minutes in length) from the making of "The Memphis Belle" on to YouTube.

Here's a link:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... EgxWEWVqmQ

One can only hope that the NARA doubles efforts to digitize even more raw footage (combat camera, gun camera, and otherwise). I wonder how much footage hasn't been viewed since it was put in the can 70+ years ago?

Yes indeed there are more extremely rare film that most have not seen (yet).

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[Thread title is ridiculous btw]

I have some 8mm film taken from inside 17's on missions with the 381st BG converted to DVD .... unfortunately not able to post them as well as photos due to photobucket changes.

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Jerry
S/Sgt. - USAF Radio Operator '52-'56
C-119 "Flying Boxcar" - Korea & Japan

Volunteer: National Museum of the US Air Force (2007-2016)
LTM 381st Bomb Group Memorial Association