In Memoriam, A Bit O' Lace

Compilation of ww2 photos and rc model footage

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• aviation
• history
• B-17
• ww2
• b17
• flying
• fortress
• aircraft
• airplane
• rc
• model

[mustang73ar]

she exists still this planes now at these days??

[Bomberguy]

Not this particular B-17 but there are a few still flying

[asqwwe]

saw the real one at my local airport i think.

[Bomberguy]

You probably saw "Fuddy Duddy" it has a similar paint scheme. The real Miss Lace was scrapped after the war.

[B17Boy]

The unfortunate thing about the AZ graveyard after WWII was that no plane stored there made it out. ALL were cut up and put in the smelter. Even the single B-32 Dominator wasn't saved. An issue of the CAF magazine had an article on the return to Kingman. There were photographs of all kinds of specialty planes, bombers with beautiful nose art, and aerial views. The photographer only had two days to get his pictures. Should have had two months. We'll never know just what we lost there.

[payatata]

I saw this palne at Stanstead Airport in essex UK in about 1976. It was in for its airworthiness certificate. Don't know where it is now. paul Hudson

[jawa597]

we have a b17 called sally b flying here in england,she flys from duxford air museum,she also appeared in the memphis belle film and still wears that insignia on one side.

[cjenkins2012]

in the pic of they crew and there names second on top, Dan Detullio of millville NJ, also my grandpop =)

[NHfiddle]

I've mentioned this in a couple of other videos...I saw 909 and Memphis Belle on the same tarmac at Boire Field in Nashua, New Hampshire at an air show they hold every year in and around the middle of September. To see them side by side along with B24 Witchcraft and B25 Tandolero is really something to see.

[yankeeflyer72]

I`m sure that the one you mention is in fact a "G" model. When they were used as Fire Bombers, the front turret was plated over as well as the top turret. The only flyable True "F" model is owned by Boeings Museum of Flight in Seattle and is undergoing restoration at the same plant that built it originally. The G`s nose was a little longer than the "F" model. I live near Seattle.

[NHfiddle]

I know that Memphis Belle was an "F" and I read somewhere that this, if you will, replica commemorative was actually a B17G with the chin turret cut out and blocked up. She looks like the real deal to me.

[yankeeflyer72]

According to Flying Legends website, there 13 flying B-17`s remaining

[yankeeflyer72]

Not sure how many flying B-17`s there are left. I have 8mm film from 1972 when the Forest service was still using B-17`s for firefighting. There were 6 of them at my home field, along with 4 F7F`s, 4 TBF`s, and 2 PBY`s. My dad flew B-17`s with the 8th during WWII.