Warbird Information Exchange

Something I always wanted to do was check out a B-17 up close. I finally had the chance this past weekend. The wife and I drove over to Manistee, MI to see this one particular B-17.











My interest in this one was special. Although it's not acknowledged on the nose, this one had a long Coast Guard history. Kind of wish it was acknowledged (I know it's not sexy but....). Anyway....one of our long time CG aircraft researchers was able to locate some old aircrews and logbooks that showed where this B-17 saw Coast Guard service. One of the dates is off, but otherwise pretty interesting.



I have to check an old CG pilot's logbook, but this plane may have been the one that spotted our crashed Grumman Duck in Greenland back in 1947. That project is still ongoing, we're waiting on some NASA sensor data of the crashsite to get processed.


John

Nice shots of Yankee Lady. I was lucky enough to take a flight on her a few years back (totally worth it if your on the fence about it). Thanks for sharing the history of her time in the CG.

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I would have loved to taken a ride but it wasn't in the cards. When we arrived, they just taxing in from the first round of rides. We did get to go onboard and take alot of pics. That was a treat to me. Took quite a few pics. It gives one a great perspective of what the aircrews had to work with.

I just finished uploading some more pics. I don't know what interior equipment pictured is original to the aircraft but it looks interesting none the less.





















John

Great pictures!

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Great pics! The Lady is probably my favorite flying B-17. Of course, being a native Michigander I'm a bit biased towards the hometown girl.

SN