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Posted: 6/22/2016 4:31:04 PM EDT
Thinking about some new wall art, something with retro/vintage aircraft. What better example of a classic iconic airplane than a Boeing B-17. Open to other suggestions as well. Figured some of our members will have some neat suggestions.
Rather than pictures of entire airplanes, I like the idea of specific perspectives like radial engines/propellers, exterior views of cockpits, etc. like these: 
Not what I want to hang on a wall, but every time I look through B-17 pictures and seeing what shape of them returned in it's hard to believe what tough bird it was. Seriously, how did some of these keep flying? 
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Posted: 6/22/2016 4:36:00 PM EDT
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B-24
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Posted: 6/22/2016 4:39:31 PM EDT
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Ground
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Posted: 6/22/2016 4:40:09 PM EDT
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Did this one really keep flying??
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Posted: 6/22/2016 4:44:32 PM EDT
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Did this one really keep flying?? https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/fb/c0/f4/fbc0f4ed76b0bd9b621be2af1eddeb35.jpg No, it's upside down and spinning. Crew is probably pinned to the walls by centrifugal force knowing they will die |
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Posted: 6/22/2016 4:44:43 PM EDT
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That B-17 on its back with half a wing gone, isn't coming back
And I doubt any were able to bail out All the years those men gave up, had taken away, the debt they paid, only to be squandered by the lowest common denominator 60 years later. And they don't care either. |
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Posted: 6/22/2016 4:45:08 PM EDT
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Did this one really keep flying?? https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/fb/c0/f4/fbc0f4ed76b0bd9b621be2af1eddeb35.jpg Pretty sure that one's on its way down. 
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Posted: 6/22/2016 4:46:13 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/22/2016 4:49:32 PM EDT
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Did this one really keep flying?? https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/fb/c0/f4/fbc0f4ed76b0bd9b621be2af1eddeb35.jpg Isn't that the one that had the bomb dropped on its wing |
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Posted: 6/22/2016 4:50:08 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/22/2016 4:51:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No, it's upside down and spinning. Crew is probably pinned to the walls by centrifugal force knowing they will die Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Did this one really keep flying?? https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/fb/c0/f4/fbc0f4ed76b0bd9b621be2af1eddeb35.jpg No, it's upside down and spinning. Crew is probably pinned to the walls by centrifugal force knowing they will die |
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Posted: 6/22/2016 4:52:06 PM EDT
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Isn't that the one that had the bomb dropped on its wing Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Did this one really keep flying?? https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/fb/c0/f4/fbc0f4ed76b0bd9b621be2af1eddeb35.jpg Isn't that the one that had the bomb dropped on its wing Not sure, but this is the photo series where the bomb hit the real horizontal stabilizer 
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Posted: 6/22/2016 4:54:06 PM EDT
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Someone is about to have a bad day.
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Posted: 6/22/2016 4:54:17 PM EDT
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more to follow ...trying this on my tiny iPhone....
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Posted: 6/22/2016 4:55:00 PM EDT
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B-17 with an Allison T-38 turboprop installed in the nose. 
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Posted: 6/22/2016 4:55:21 PM EDT
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Odd coincidence, I just bought a series of photographs from a local artist to hang in my shop.
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Posted: 6/22/2016 4:56:35 PM EDT
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The "B-17" sequence in the animated movie Heavy Metal is pretty impressive.
Not the entire sequence, but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZlBre8lOeQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELUP-oZQKM4 |
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Posted: 6/22/2016 4:57:03 PM EDT
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Most don't know SB-17Gs saw use in Korea,not only for rescue but for dropping commandos and other clandestine forces.They were refitted with most of their guns,except the distinctive chin turret was replaced with radar 
SB-17s were passed on to the USCG,the last one retired in 1959,with it's C-130 replacement 
Fulton Skyhook from Project Coldfeet 
US Navy PB-1 AEWs 
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Posted: 6/22/2016 4:57:58 PM EDT
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If you're interested in B-17 or the bomber campaign over Europe, the following book is very good.
I ready it in middle school and reread it recently, I think I got it for my kindle. 
These guys had balls of steel, the attrition rate was horrific |
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Posted: 6/22/2016 5:00:49 PM EDT
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This one always gave me the chills--
The players and the story- "Silver Dollar" (BK-H) Douglas-Long Beach B-17G-10-DL Flying Fortress s/n 42-37781 546th BS, 384th BG, 8th AF 9 MAR 1944 mission to Berlin. Hit from above by bomb from a 379th Bomb Group, taking off the entire tail section. Crashed near Marienfeld. 1st Lt. Merlin H. Reed - Pilot (O-670612) Kansas City, MO ----- KIA, listed on Tablets of the Missing ----- Netherlands American Cemetery - Limburg, Netherlands 2nd Lt. Bruce M. Rininsland - Co-Pilot (O-680714) Muscatine, IA ----- KIA, buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery ----- Minneapolis, MN 1st Lt. Peter Gudyka - Navigator (O-669278) Pe Ell, WA ----- KIA, listed on Tablets of the Missing ----- Netherlands American Cemetery - Limburg, Netherlands 2nd Lt. John L. Heiss - Bombardier (O-671434) Bronx, NY ----- KIA, buried at Long Island National Cemetery ----- Farmingdale, NY Sgt. Robert O. Johnson - Engineer/T.T.G. (19080173) Burbank, CA ----- KIA, listed on Tablets of the Missing ----- Netherlands American Cemetery - Limburg, Netherlands T/Sgt. Robert F. Wellman - Radio Oper. (36168236) Alma, MI ----- KIA, buried at Ardennes American Cemetery ----- Liege, Belgium S/Sgt. Arthur J. Osepchook - B.T.G. (11035742) Dover, NH ----- POW, imprisoned at Stalag Luft 4 S/Sgt. John J. Plotz - R.W.G. (39837458) Lincoln, IL ----- POW, imprisoned at Stalag Luft 4 S/Sgt. Joseph Jacobson - L.W.G. (39176552) Seattle, WA ----- KIA, buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery ----- Minneapolis, MN Sgt. Emmet F. Hardy - T.G. (39830126) Los Angeles, CA ----- KIA, buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery ----- San Diego, CA |
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Posted: 6/22/2016 5:02:32 PM EDT
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Neat picture of the original 299 flying past Mt Rainier
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Posted: 6/22/2016 5:04:27 PM EDT
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Odd coincidence, I just bought a series of photographs from a local artist to hang in my shop. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v394/xdoctor/20160621_113449_zpsqvqchr85.jpgoriginal_zpsnjtolh5a.jpg I'd love to see a better picture of the one at the far left. |
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Posted: 6/22/2016 5:20:16 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/22/2016 5:25:45 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/22/2016 5:28:13 PM EDT
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Did this one really keep flying?? https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/fb/c0/f4/fbc0f4ed76b0bd9b621be2af1eddeb35.jpg Not for very long.
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Posted: 6/22/2016 5:32:30 PM EDT
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I love those old birds.
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Posted: 6/22/2016 5:40:43 PM EDT
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I got a great picture of the B29 FiFi while the CAF had it in Birmingham.
Really nice art type shot. I know they had some of their B17, you might check with them |
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Posted: 6/22/2016 5:41:09 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/22/2016 6:30:44 PM EDT
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I remember see this on the news...
what a pity 
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Posted: 6/22/2016 8:04:41 PM EDT
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Look for a book called great aircraft of ww2. I think that is the name. It has illustrations from Rikyu? Watanabe, awesome illustrations.
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Posted: 6/22/2016 8:10:43 PM EDT
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Did this one really keep flying?? https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/fb/c0/f4/fbc0f4ed76b0bd9b621be2af1eddeb35.jpg No. It's on its back, out of control. IIRC from seeing the film that is an out take of, she tumbled/rolled all the way to the ground. |
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Posted: 6/23/2016 2:45:01 PM EDT
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Paging QUIB, would QUIB pick up the white courtesy phone, please.
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Posted: 6/23/2016 2:49:49 PM EDT
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No, it's upside down and spinning. Crew is probably pinned to the walls by centrifugal force knowing they will die Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Did this one really keep flying?? https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/fb/c0/f4/fbc0f4ed76b0bd9b621be2af1eddeb35.jpg No, it's upside down and spinning. Crew is probably pinned to the walls by centrifugal force knowing they will die And they did from what I remember when that pic is posted on facebook groups. WWII was full of beautiful aircraft. |
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Posted: 6/23/2016 2:50:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/23/2016 2:53:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryGTFO! |
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Posted: 6/23/2016 2:58:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/23/2016 2:59:02 PM EDT
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few more pics....
i was amazed how tiny they are inside I'm 6'4", and didn't fit inside very well LOL 
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Posted: 6/23/2016 3:16:53 PM EDT
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I love this thread....
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Posted: 6/23/2016 3:19:13 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/23/2016 3:22:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryI used to drive past The Bomber twice a day, five days a week. It was a sweet piece of history. |
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Posted: 6/23/2016 4:00:18 PM EDT
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My father was a navigator on the fortress, "E-Z Goin'", of the 8th AF, 100th BG, 349th BS. He left college to join up, and returned to finish, after completing 34 missions over Germany.
Nav school graduation flyer  Crew photo at Ardmore Army Airfield  349th BS Insignia  E-Z Goin'  Clearing the cylinders.  Officers  Non-Coms  Original A-2 Jacket   After my father's crew was relieved, the following crew had a collision with a ME-109.  |
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Posted: 6/23/2016 4:03:54 PM EDT
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Aviation Movie Geek Fact - The B-52 shots in Dr. Strangelove often show the Shadow of a B-17 camera plane (as the film was taken by a B-17 and played back at much faster speeds with a model B-52 in the shot to make it look like Major Kong's B-52 fly fast & low on the deck... - " Roasting Chickens in the Barnyard!!) 
BIGGER_HAMMER 
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Posted: 6/23/2016 4:05:55 PM EDT
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Not B-17, but I have always liked this painting. Based on real events...
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Posted: 6/23/2016 4:10:25 PM EDT
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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gRDJHnM5Q3E/UuWFkoXmE6I/AAAAAAAAFFQ/1qTP0OBcXyo/w1200-h630-p-nu/strangelove-1.jpg Aviation Movie Geek Fact - The B-52 shots in Dr. Strangelove often show the Shadow of a B-17 camera plane (as the film was taken by a B-17 and played back at much faster speeds with a model B-52 in the shot to make it look like Major Kong's B-52 fly fast & low on the deck... - " Roasting Chickens in the Barnyard!!) http://www.gabrielglewis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/buck.jpg BIGGER_HAMMER I never noticed that. Thanks, now I can never unsee it. |
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Posted: 6/23/2016 4:13:36 PM EDT
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This guy took a dud 88mm shell to the head
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Posted: 6/23/2016 4:15:01 PM EDT
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Gotta love the ARMY Air Force!!!
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Posted: 6/23/2016 4:18:33 PM EDT
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 Probably not exactly what you're hoping for, OP. But I just felt I had to post this specific aircraft. I have a special love for this one and I hope to see her fly for myself someday. The Fortress is just too damned sexy to ignore.  Edited for wrong picture |
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Posted: 6/23/2016 4:18:58 PM EDT
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From my parking lot at work a few months back.
I live right behind Hooks airport which is home to the B-17 Texas Raiders. I get to watch (and hear) her take off and land numerous times almost every weekend.
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Posted: 6/23/2016 4:23:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryWhew...bad luck.
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