Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!att!att!cbnewsc!cbnews!cbnews!military From: rh@craycos.com (Robert Herndon) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: American Air Museum in Britain Message-ID: <1991Mar6.034448.19976@cbnews.att.com> Date: 6 Mar 91 03:44:48 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (william.b.thacker) Organization: Cray Computer Corporation Lines: 33 Approved: military@att.att.com From: rh@craycos.com (Robert Herndon) I'm from the American side of the pond, but right now have a picture of a B-17G (as mentioned in your note, maybe the same plane?) on the calendar on my desk. According to the caption: "The prototype of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress made its first flight in July 1935. This B-17G is seen during its last flight from Duxford to Stanstead in 1983. Upon arrival at Stanstead, it was dismantled and taken by road to the RAF Museum at Hendon where it is on display as a memorial to the bravery of the USAF bomber crews who served in Britain during WWII." The photo shows a B-17G with yellow stabilizers and tail, with a USAF style star on the right side of the fuselage, and a large white "A" in a blue box on the otherwise yellow tail. There is also a red stripe around the tail and fuselage just behind the USAF star. The plane is, per the description, flying, and the gun turrets on top and in the nose appear to be occupied by two persons each. Looks crowded. The registration numbers on the tail are difficult to make out, but appear to be 83868N. The remainder of the plane is silver, except for the cowlings in front of each engine, which are red, and probably the prop tips themselves, which look to be yellow. (They are completely blurred, but there is a yellowish disc around each engine.) Robert Herndon -- Robert Herndon -- not speaking officially for Cray Computer. Cray Computer Corporation 719/540-4240 1110 Bayfield Dr. rh@craycos.com Colorado Springs, CO 80906 "Ignore these three words."