The plane/background at 29:25 is exactly the same as the one on page 79 of Roger Freemans “B17 Fortress” and that is labelled as Gremlin Gus II.
However the 323nd Bomb Squadron website states Carful Virgin was converted.

Bazza

Liquidated in 1966….makers of “marine instruments” but they apparently had an aviation division too

Appalling. I only looked at this in the hope it was a mistake…..but it isn’t.

I was hoping she had made more progress than that!

It was stored at Audley End for a while.

Big project – needs a lot of work to bring up to current standards.

Bruce

Forgive me lack of knowledge on this subject but why is that? Has the bar been raised over the last 20 years? Or is it simply because you wouldn’t trust something thats been sitting around all that time…..

I guess I’m thinking that once a fuselage is restored thats job done…but then you have to take into account how it’s been stored etc.

Bazza

It was the old polycarbonate helmets that could not be painted (Centurion was a popular make at the time). Fibre glass or modern materials are fine.

I seem to remember a variation of this in one of the old Air Ace Picture Library comics.

The message does seem to be that you can win over a Russian spy if you buy them an American steak……