The Gray Ghost: B-17 Flying Fortress Wreck

jack973 · **Joined:** Mon May 28, 2012 11:14 am **Posts:** 215

The Gray Ghost: B-17 Flying Fortress Wreck, Papua New Guinea
on March 7, 2013 at 18:45

From: stormclimb.com:

This remarkably intact Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was one of 32 aircraft built for the Royal Air Force on a lend-lease agreement in 1942. But prior to delivery, the aircraft were reassigned to the 5th Air Force in a bid to cope with the demands of the Pacific theatre. Hastily repainted in U.S. markings, this aircraft, later dubbed the Gray Ghost, made a spectacular crash landing near Black Cat Pass in Papua New Guinea in 1943.

http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-art ... uinea.html

The Inspector · **Posted:** Fri Mar 08, 2013 12:08 am

Any idea about it's S/N?, looks like an early 'E' so it might have the flat Sperry belly turret installed.

TonyM · **Posted:** Fri Mar 08, 2013 1:39 am

The Inspector wrote:

Any idea about it's S/N?, looks like an early 'E' so it might have the flat Sperry belly turret installed.

B-17E is probably 41-9234 (RAF FL 461)

TonyM · **Posted:** Fri Mar 08, 2013 1:42 am

The Inspector wrote:

Any idea about it's S/N?, looks like an early 'E' so it might have the flat Sperry belly turret installed.

Yes, I was correct.

Try this link:

http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-17/41-9234.html

The Inspector · **Posted:** Fri Mar 08, 2013 2:42 pm

TonyM wrote:

The Inspector wrote:

Any idea about it's S/N?, looks like an early 'E' so it might have the flat Sperry belly turret installed.

Yes, I was correct.

Try this link:

http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-17/41-9234.html

l/n 2706, thanks for the very informative page!

Rossco · **Posted:** Fri Mar 08, 2013 7:44 pm

Otherwise known as the Black Cat Pass B17 here in Auss...

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