Yep, it arrived with me last week (thanks Trumper) and I am hoping to take a photo this weekend. However, despite me asking for volunteers on the “Flypast Disposable Camera” Thread no-one has volunteered to be next on the list 🙁

I’ll try again on that thread, but if no-one responds I’ll hang on to it and try again in few weeks…… come on guys and girls, be brave….

Paul F

I’ll do it… if you feel you can send it over to the USA (I live in Virginia). I’ll PM you my address if you like. Always wanted to have a go…. anything you’d particularly like to see???

Cheers,
Richard

I understood that the B-17 remains went to a salvage yard, and I know that “parts” were later offered for sale as “movie memorabilia” in Flight International. ( Including the prop blades ? )

Around 5 years ago I was told of a Channel 4 TV documentary on the restoration of a former factory mill ( near the former Irvin WW2 factory ? ) It was stated that the rear section of a B-17 that crashed during the making of the movie had been housed there.

All very sketchy.

But I’ve always wondered what happened to the last worldly remains of this particular Flying Fortress ……

re: the remains of the IGN fortress. I believe that a good chunk of them went to the National Warplane Museum, in Geneseo, NY. I was talking with some of the guys there in 1989, and that’s what they told me. They pointed to some B-17 control surfaces in their hangar and said that they had come from this particular fortress. Not 100% sure this is correct, but it made sense at the time.

By the way, the website says that the former David Tallichet aircraft used in the film as Memphis Belle is now at the American Airpower Museum. This is definitely not the case (you can check their site if you need proof). I believe that it has staged out of this museum during the airshow season in years past, but am pretty sure it was still owned by David Tallichet up until his death last week. Being that he was a former 100th BG pilot on B-17’s during the war, I imagine that it would be the last aircraft he would ever personally relinquish.

Cheers,
Richard

Definitely not P-38. Not sure what aircraft it’s from, but it’s clearly the engine nacelle for a radial engine. It also appears to house landing gear. If that is an engine mount, it’s for a pretty small, un-supercharged engine as there is little to no room for the accessory section.

Cheers,
Richard

If you could provide a closer in shot, so that we can see serial number, then we could answer the question, as all of these corsairs have been accounted for. Good to see these images though, and thanks for posting.

Cheers,
Richard

It’s to be released initially in Germany during february next year. Not sure about the rest of the world though.

Cheers,
Richard

Was dreaming and when I woke up, thought I saw a Q.6! What is it?:confused:

http://fotos.cconin.de/flugshow/propeller.htm

It is KZ IV, OY-DIZ based in Denmark…

KZ IV

Cheers,
Richard

Yes, this is indeed a P-51 wing tank fuel gauge. There are two of these mounted on the cockpit floor. Your gauge is missing the cork float, and rocker arm. It was a direct-read gauge. Looks like it has come froma wreck!

Cheers,
Richard

Airspeed perhaps you can enlighten us on what you mean by that.

I think he must be referring to TFC’s P-40B Pearl Harbor survivor, which is supposed to be on its way to England any day now… maybe it’s even en-route as we write. The Chinese reference seemed to be a reference to the teasing about Chinese-made T-shirts, but perhaps I misread that.

Cheers,
Richard