While surfing the web i saw this picture.
It looks like a war weary b-17g stripped of all it’s combat equipment.
And 2 engines!
Does anyone know more about this plane??? :confused:
Apologies for the thread necromancy, but while going through some newly-arrived files I may have found the answer:
Headquarters, 2nd Strategic Air Depot
Weekly Activity Report
Period 22nd March 1944 to 28th March 1944Maintenance:
Instances occur in which flying aircraft from on-site repair to the depot presents unique problems. One such example occurred last week, in that one outboard engine and nacelle of an aircraft had been shot away, which required an inner wing panel change.
Since such repairs are beyond the capacity of field working parties, the remainder of the nacelle was removed and a regular wing leading edge built over the nacelle root. The aircraft was then successfully flown to the depot on three engines.
2SAD was at Abbots Ripton adjacent to Alconbury, and was responsible to the 1st Air Division, so the photo seems to fit too.
All the best,
PB
Drainage gully:
Behind the northern blast wall, a rare survival are these painted lines marking where the various support trailers were parked:
Cable/hose pit for the High Pressure Gas and Nitrogen tank trailers parked alongside:
And to finish off, the other painted Fire Point panel.
Being on the northern wall it has been better protected from the sun than the southern example:
As you may have guessed, Thor in RAF service is something I happen to have a bit of interest in. 😉
All the best,
PB
Cable ducts leading to the Launch Control Area:
These turned and crossed the pad under the trailer reversing bay:
Short-Range Theodolite Platform:
Cable duct cover in situ on the SRT platform:
Drainage channels at the end of the Moveable Wall rails:
Cable supports in the RP1 valvegear pit:
High Pressure Gas and Hydropneumatics lines duct:
Air conditioning hose duct:
Moving around anti-clockwise, another duct from the LOX valvegear pit under the blast wall:
A somewhat faded Fire Point panel on the end of the southern blast wall. Compare this with the northern one downthread:
Air-con and cabling ducts with associated bracketry:
View from where the Air-con trailer was parked, down into the hose duct running to the Launch Mount:
Are there still Thor launch remains at Polebrook?
The majority of all three pads are there, although to varying degrees buried in farm waste. Launch Emplacement No.52, the southern of the three, is in the best condition.
Some photos from a permission visit to record LE52 after it had been partially cleared of debris.
Nice sloped end to the shelter platform:
Shelter retracting cable anchor point:
The Launch Mount brackets are still there, but the concrete on either side has been smashed to remove the pipework:
RP1 valvegear pit:
LOX valvegear pit:
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