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1950 USAF B-17 Flying Fortress Tachikawa AFB.

A new one to me.
It looks a bit like the 10th AF emblem on the tail. But by 1950, they were part of ADC, so what they'd be doing at Tachikawa is beyond me.
Anyone have a positive ID on the emblem?


Note the airstair door and no guns, so a staff transport?
If it was after June of 1950, the may have wanted some armament if they flew into the Korean theater..like the SB-17s and SB-28s.

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Several 44-83xxx and above with Tachikawa entries.

https://www.crouze.com/baugher/usaf_ser ... 44_05.html

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45-47=-2

I believe that's the 20th Air Force badge on the tail.

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You're certainly correct.
If anyone can recognize the 20,th AF badge, it would be you!
I enjoyed your B-29 book and your Log of the Liberators is a classic.

Ever hear of a 20th AF CB-17 staff transport postwar?
Wouldn't be too surprising, they seemed to be everywhere.
One would think given the number in theater, a B-29 would be easier to support.

When my father was on the staff of HQ 5th AF in the early 60s, they had a C-54.

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We can narrow down the possibilities, but without a better look at the radio call number . . .

Thanks for the kind words, always appreciated.

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Let's zoom in:

Six digits beginning with 48 and ending with 1. Going through the possible matches in the Osborne book, this looks like the only candidate:

From AAIR:

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)