Hallo!
Anyone who can shed some light on the fate of the two
Boeing B-17:s that were registered in Argentina. The regs
have slipped out of my mind. Anyway, they reportedly existed
into the mid 60:s Did they ever fly in Argentina? I reckon they
were ex Canadian AF. Anyone who has any pictures of them?
Best regards
Tommy
By: keithnewsome - 4th November 2008 at 00:55
galdri, Yes I see your point, La Paz is the highest (above sea level) airport in the world ? Where a lot of aircraft suffer ‘beathing difficulties’ so I presume the air temp is very low, and oxygen is scarse ?
Keith.
By: galdri - 4th November 2008 at 00:34
(not refrigerated)
Take it up to 15.000+ feet, and you do not have to worry about refrigeration:p:D:D
By: benyboy - 3rd November 2008 at 19:33
Thank you Kieth, thats what I was thinking of.
By: keithnewsome - 3rd November 2008 at 19:27
benyboy, It’s not strange, it happened ! but in Bolivia, may have been Argentina also ?
Pictures below from the late Stephen Piercey’s supurb book ‘sky truck’.
“Frigorificos Reyes” CP-891 at La Paz (not refrigerated) ??? Keith.
By: benyboy - 3rd November 2008 at 18:46
Are these the aircraft used to fly Beef ?
I know it sounds strange but I now I have heard something some where.
By: Jan - 3rd November 2008 at 14:35
Hello Tommy,
The pair of Argentinian B-17E’s were registered as LV-RTP (p/i United States Army Air Force s/n 41-9142, Royal Canadian Air Force s/n 9205) and LV-RTO (p/i USAAF 41-2438, RCAF 9206) respectively. They arrived at Moron, Buenos Aires on 12 April 1948. Both had been scrapped by 1964, although they had been inactive for quite a few years before this occured.
There is a brief feature in Air Enthusiast No. 50, concerning the Argentinian Fortresses.
Regards,
Jan
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