Another B-17 mystery: 42-102803
Sun Jan 24, 2016 11:01 pm
In my never-ending search to ID the Paducah B-17G, I found this image on the America Air Museum in Britain's site, credited to the Roger Freeman collection:
Not sure where this is, but it sure isn't Gulfport, MS with the desert landscape plus a batch of Vampires and an Avro York! The Fort's engines and turrets are missing, the life raft container is open, and it has a generally derelict look to it... so any guesses as to what's going on here?
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-102803) at Gulfport USA, used for training purposes. Image stamped on reverse: 'Air Ministry.'
42-102803 B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 6/4/44; Gulfport 20/4/44; 4119 BU Brookley 22/11/44; 328 BU Gulfport 24/11/44; 4117 BU Robins 4/1/45; 4104 BU Rome 18/1/45; 3704 BU Keesler 21/6/45.
Not sure where this is, but it sure isn't Gulfport, MS with the desert landscape plus a batch of Vampires and an Avro York! The Fort's engines and turrets are missing, the life raft container is open, and it has a generally derelict look to it... so any guesses as to what's going on here?
Re: Another B-17 mystery: 42-102803
Mon Jan 25, 2016 5:03 am
This website;
http://www.accident-report.com/Serials/1942z8.htm
gives brief details of 42-102803 as being in "Iceland, 470827."
Scenery looks more in keeping with Iceland. Vampires and York (support aircraft?) could have been crossing the Atlantic on a tour.
Update.
www.raf.mod.uk website has this piece of information which might be relevant to the photograph;
12-14 Jul 1948 - Six Vampires of No. 54 Sqn make the first crossing of the Atlantic by jet aircraft. Their route takes them via Stornaway in the Outer Hebrides, Iceland and Greenland to Labrador in the Dominion of NewFoundland.
FITD
http://www.accident-report.com/Serials/1942z8.htm
gives brief details of 42-102803 as being in "Iceland, 470827."
Scenery looks more in keeping with Iceland. Vampires and York (support aircraft?) could have been crossing the Atlantic on a tour.
Update.
www.raf.mod.uk website has this piece of information which might be relevant to the photograph;
12-14 Jul 1948 - Six Vampires of No. 54 Sqn make the first crossing of the Atlantic by jet aircraft. Their route takes them via Stornaway in the Outer Hebrides, Iceland and Greenland to Labrador in the Dominion of NewFoundland.
FITD