B-17 site Lots of PICS!!!!

Steve H. wrote:

Thanx Ed. It's a great site for pics. By the way, for those of us who grew up in the '50's early '60's and watched the movie "Air Force". I rented it a few years ago, and as I watched it I made notes of the bombers serial number, and where she was marked "Mary Ann" at{on the nose under the cockpit on both sides, and by her entrance door aft.}. Just plain "Mary Ann" no art work pic. I marked my B-17D assembly plans of the locations, and remember her "TB-17" marking was a big #10.   Steve Holt

Glad to have helped you with this. I don't recall the movie "Air Force" but, I'll look around for it

Btw, to the forums Be sure to post pics of your B-17D. We're pic-a-holics around here

Thanx Ed.

It's a great site for pics. By the way, for those of us who grew up in the '50's early '60's and watched the movie "Air Force". I rented it a few years ago, and as I watched it I made notes of the bombers serial number, and where she was marked "Mary Ann" at{on the nose under the cockpit on both sides, and by her entrance door aft.}. Just plain "Mary Ann" no art work pic. I marked my B-17D assembly plans of the locations, and remember her "TB-17" marking was a big #10.

 

Steve Holt

Hippy-Ed wrote:

NP Kevin  Now what's this game ya got on the computer? I need more games & that sounds like a winner

You're in for a treat, then.  B-17 The Mighty Eighth, or B-17 2, was made by Microprose, right before they folded and sold to Atari.

It's almost more of a role-playing flight-sim micro-management game than a true flight simulator.  You take control of what targets are to be bombed, setting waypoints to avoid the heaviest German flak, and selecting the payload.  And that's all before takeoff. 

Once airborne, you can take control of every crewmember...all ten!  You wanna fly the plane?  You wanna man the ball-turret?  You wanna drop two thousand pounds worth of all-American pride and prejustice on that Hun factory?

Ok, I'll stop with the propaganda.  Check out www.bombs-away.net.  Ignore the political rants that go on in Off Topic.  Do a Google Image search for B-17 2.  You can probably pick the game up for $5.00 or less by now at EBGames.  Next time I fly a mission, I'll post some screenshots.

NP Kevin  Now what's this game ya got on the computer? I need more games & that sounds like a winner

Excellent photos there.  Great find, Ed.  The B-17 has always been my favorite bomber of WWII.  I'm still playing B17 The Mighty Eighth on my computer, as a matter of fact.  I must've logged a five or six hundred hours in it already.

Site bookmarked.  Thanks again!

GREAT Link Ed thanks

Bud

NP -60

Just found some info on my friend's dad's USAAF days. Just discovered that his dad was involved in a landing mishap in OCT 1944 in a B-17F S/N 42-6176 in Southern Calif. Now I just need to find out what Squadron

Awesome site. Thanks Ed!

                      -60

Now I'm going back thru this

Jaypack55 wrote:

I went through it a little more, this site is DEFINITELY a keeper! Thanks for sharing!

That's why I posted this It keeps ya comin' back

I went through it a little more, this site is DEFINITELY a keeper! Thanks for sharing!

falcon, yer I'm still going thru these pages

Thanks for the great link.

Jaypack55 wrote:

Kewl! I just did a quick check, but I will definitely be back to look im more detail.

Jaypack, I shoulda known you'd be interested! Lots of interesting shots & some good  pics of possible dios

Kewl! I just did a quick check, but I will definitely be back to look im more detail.