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by Steve Birdsall
Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:00 am
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: 41-9234: A Very Unusual B-17
Replies: 4
Views: 7085

Re: 41-9234: A Very Unusual B-17

I'm adding this to clarify my last post. Here are a couple of examples that show the apparently redundant use of the letters “A.C.” following “AIR CORPS SERIAL NO.” on B-17Es in the Pacific. First the 19th Bomb Group’s Tojo’s Nightmare . http://users.beagle.com.au/stevepb/2497.jpg A slightly differe...
by Steve Birdsall
Sat Jul 11, 2009 2:05 am
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: 41-9234: A Very Unusual B-17
Replies: 4
Views: 7085

Re: 41-9234: A Very Unusual B-17

Could it be that what appears to be "A.D." is actually "A.C." and a redundant indication of "Air Corps"?
by Steve Birdsall
Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:25 am
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: 41-9234: A Very Unusual B-17
Replies: 4
Views: 7085

Re: 41-9234: A Very Unusual B-17

This is a detail from a much higher resolution scan of the old photograph, with some added contrast and enhancement. It confirms the B-17E in the both photographs is definitely 41-9234. http://users.beagle.com.au/stevepb/Block.jpg Note that the stencil shows AIR CORPS SERIAL NO. A.D. 41-9234 . Can a...
by Steve Birdsall
Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:59 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: 41-9234: A Very Unusual B-17
Replies: 4
Views: 7085

41-9234: A Very Unusual B-17

http://users.beagle.com.au/stevepb/BlackCat.jpg Everybody knows about 41-9234, the shattered B-17E still lying on a hillside at the head of Black Cat Pass near Wau, New Guinea. For years this aircraft was a "mystery" because it appeared to have Royal Air Force markings - roundels on her wings and f...
by Steve Birdsall
Thu May 28, 2009 1:50 am
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: B-17E 41-9234
Replies: 4
Views: 7307

B-17E 41-9234

I'm hoping somebody here can help me with a fairly obscure detail about B-17E 41-9234 (and 41-9196, 41-9235 and 41-9244 for that matter). In the photo below of Alley-Oop you can see the "standard" factory-applied data block on a contemporary B-17E . . . US ARMY - MODEL B-17E, AIR CORPS SERIAL NO. 41...