B-17s Photos

[Jack Cook]

91st BG navigator at work.

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B-17Gs with Mickey radar.

[K5DH]

Thanks for the B-17 pics, Jack! Keep 'em coming! The third image (the two-ship formation with their Mickey radar antennas deployed) is particularly interesting to me since Chuckie was a PFF ship. It's interesting to note that neither ship had the Cheyenne tail turret conversion done, and the unpainted ship appears to have its chin turret in place (many PFF ships had their chin turrets removed to improve their speed, as the Mickey antenna cost about 15 MPH when deployed!). Got any more B-17+Mickey images? How about pics of the radar set itself? I've found one semi-decent image on the internet, but it's only so-so. Detail shots of the antenna installation would also be most welcome!

Cheers!

[Ztex]

Yep Nice to see some heavy iron form you for a change!

If anyone has pictures of anything B-17 RADAR related it would be of great help to the Vintage Flying Museum. Pics fo the intallation and the ships themselves are hard to come by.

Thanks
Jack!
Z

[Fortress Fan]

I have a photo from the web of the inside of a B-17 with some sort of radar set up, will try and load the link.

http://www.398th.org/Images/Images_Welt ... burgh.html