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Sat Jul 02, 2016 8:58 pm
Does anyone know what that tube is under the flags?
Sat Jul 02, 2016 10:01 pm
gemmer wrote:JohnB wrote:It was in Los Angeles. The Swoose was obtained by L.A. as a war memorial.
My father's newspaper clipping concerns its arrival at Andrews...which I understand from
Final Cut, occurred in 1953.
The LA ceremony was in 1949.
Sun Jul 03, 2016 7:07 am
lucky52 wrote:Does anyone know what that tube is under the flags?
I think it's the navigators drift sight.
Sun Jul 03, 2016 9:14 am
The restoration of the Swoose is what, about 20 years away give or take?
Sun Jul 03, 2016 7:23 pm
The restoration staff at the museum told me they had to finish the Memphis Belle first.
Mon Jul 04, 2016 9:56 am
JohnB wrote:The restoration staff at the museum told me they had to finish the Memphis Belle first.
Yes, for sure. That I understand is still 3 or 4 years away.
Mon Jul 04, 2016 3:19 pm
While I can't remember the date, their is a specific target date for the Belle to be put on display in the WWII Gallery ... It is a historic date of sorts pertaining to the Belle herself.
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