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The pic kind of looks like Wright-Pat, with the "downhill" runway in the back ground.

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mike furline wrote:
The pic kind of looks like Wright-Pat, with the "downhill" runway in the back ground.


I agree from the angle of the picture it does look like Wright-Patt.

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I'll probably start a bidding war, but I saw these on E-bay and couldn't figure out what the heck was the deal with this B-17E.

It that same bird after some mods, but before the turret was in. Funny how that works.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221183247447?ss ... 1438.l2648
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Same plane?
http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/sho ... 0&format=0

Oddly, in your photos it looks like they used a bombardier setup from a YB-17!

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I'm trying to figure out just how unwieldly that blistered in radio operators upper hatch position worked with the gun out in the breeze :roll:

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What was really weird, was the B-17 nose grafted onto the B-24.....anyone have photo's of that one?
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GARY HILTON wrote:
What was really weird, was the B-17 nose grafted onto the B-24.....anyone have photo's of that one?


http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/060601-F-1234S-016.jpg
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/060601-F-1234S-017.jpg

Here is the slightly less ugly cousin, the XB-24J.

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GARY HILTON wrote:
What was really weird, was the B-17 nose grafted onto the B-24.....anyone have photo's of that one?



Conversely, wasn't there a B-24 nose grafted to a B-17?
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Thanks for the photo's Ryan....Looks like the B-24 might have been a little more streamlined, maybe a little faster than the stock one???
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rwdfresno wrote:
GARY HILTON wrote:
What was really weird, was the B-17 nose grafted onto the B-24.....anyone have photo's of that one?


http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/060601-F-1234S-016.jpg
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/060601-F-1234S-017.jpg

Here is the slightly less ugly cousin, the XB-24J.

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that is awesome i wonder where this was done

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Confirmed. The Hanger in background is Bldg. 571, what is now the Wright Field Fitness Center. Any guesses to the other aircraft in the picture. Obiviously a Mitchell over the nose of the Fort.

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