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definitely on the short list when available. great work John.
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Saw it, working to get it and others listed today.
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Thanks, I see the Memphis Belle is now available on Ecardmodels.
I’m making progress on the VB-17G. This is going to be a pretty clean and sporty looking aircraft. Other than the Cheyenne tail turret, all the other gun positions have been eliminated. This will be a simpler model to build but it also leaves me with a lot of space to fill on some of the page layouts. I was just thinking, this is the first U.S. Air Force B-17 I’ve done.
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Got the Memphis Belle. I'm going to use the wheels and engines for my next attempt at 40-2074.
The FEALF VB-17 looks great. The insignia looks right to me. No word yet from the AFHA. Don |
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John: I just bought the Memphis Belle and it looks fabulous! My only problem is I can't start it immediately because I have to finish another big paper model (which shall remain nameless) which I am just wrapping up . . . plus I have to decide if I want to scale it down to 1/72 . . . or whether to scrounge some plastic parts to use . . . oh, decisions, decisions. However, these are the kinds of decisions I like to make! Thanks for this outstanding kit and all the extras!
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Thanks Don, I know I can always count on you!
Thank you too, John. Now I’m curious what your nameless “big paper Model” will be. I’ve built quite a few of these B-17s in 1/72 scale. I’d like to try to do the Memphis Belle in HO scale and put together a diorama like I did with the TWA Stratoliner. Let me know if you have any questions and I look forward to seeing your build of it.
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John -
Sometimes it seems as if everything is connected. Lil and I visited our new family doctor today, and he mentioned that his grandfather was a ball turret gunner on a B-17G of the 410th Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, flying out of Bury St. Edmunds in 1944 and early 1945. No time to pursue this today, but in the future I will follow up for more info and try to pin down his name and the aircraft. By coincidence, last night, I read an analysis of Jimmy Doolittle's leadership of the Eighth Air Force (Benjamin W. Bishop, Jimmy Doolittle, AUP Drew Papers, Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 2015, available at https://media.defense.gov/2017/Nov/2..._DOOLITTLE.PDF). Some interesting material on the decision to decouple the escort fighters from the bombers and to step up the operational pace to attrit the Luftwaffe and on issues with the P-38jJand B-24s. You can read it on line or download it, but if you don't already have it, I would be glad to send you this copy. Keep 'em flying! Don More later, Don |
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Don,
In a strange twist of how all life is connected, Bury St Edmunds was one of our favorite destinations while I was stationed at RAF Lakenheath. My favorite chippie was located on High Street in Bury.
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Don, I’d be really interested in what you can find out about your doctor’s grandfather’s B-17G. Maybe he has some good photos.
Thanks for that link. I read the part about the problems with the B-24. I’ve read about these issues in several books. One modification that showed promise was to mount a B-26 tail turret to the lower nose of the B-24D. This would have been fairly light weight and would still allow forward visibility for the bombardier and navigator. But as mentioned in the article, they didn’t want to disrupt the production line or overwhelm the modification centers. The B-24N would have been the ultimate solution, but the war ended before it could go into production. It seems Doolittle’s ultimate solution though was to limit the 8th Air Force to two major types, the B-17 and the P-51. This makes me wonder if the 15th Air Force in the MTO had the same problems with the B-24. They operated more B-24 units than B-17.
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In case anyone is curious, this is the B-24N.
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