Martin Claydon’s excellent ‘Duxford Update’ site (http://www.duxford-update.info/) has some pictures of the AAM B29 with open bomb doors – I’ve not seen this before. It looks like there is some work going on, which is odd as I thought all the restoration work on these exhibits had been done. I know the rear part of the fuselage was in very poor condition, and not accessible during FOD ‘open cockpit’ evenings, but does this mean we may get to see a bit more of the inside of the Hog in the future?
DS
By: Mondariz - 18th September 2008 at 17:02
Why don’t you link directly to the pictures, rather than the website?
Anyway I remembered something and found this:
“8. 44-61748 B-29A-45-BN IT’S HAWG WILD American Air Museum, Imperial War Museum, Duxford, England. Aircraft assigned to the 307th Bomb Wing, Kadena AB, Okinawa in March 1952. Flew 105 combat missions over North Korea. Sent to China Lake as a target in November 1956. Donated to the Imperial War Museum by the US Navy in 1979. Recovered from China Lake on November 16, 1979 after being made flyable and flown to Tucson, Arizona for further restoration by Aero Services. On February 16, 1980, the aircraft was flown to Flint, Missouri. On March 2, 1980, the aircraft arrived at Duxford via Loring, Maine; Gander, Newfoundland; Sondestrom Fjord, Greenland; Keflavik, Iceland; and Mildenhall, UK. Severe corrosion was found in the bomb bay area requiring extensive repairs. Exterior was eventually repainted in its wartime configuration and the aircraft was fully restored. On permanent indoor display.
Although that might have been awhile back.
By: CIRCUS 6 - 18th September 2008 at 16:37
Not a popular view I know, but I would love to see ‘Hawg Wild’ finished in an RAF Washington B.1 scheme.
I’d rather see it on the flight line in it’s current markings, beating down the runway and rotating!
C6
By: pagen01 - 18th September 2008 at 13:49
Not a popular view I know, but I would love to see ‘Hawg Wild’ finished in an RAF Washington B.1 scheme.
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September 18, 2008 at 12:22 pm