Ooooo! Markings on the B-17!

So it looks like a 3rd Division scheme could be in the offing?

It measures 20.5 inches wide by 29.5 high. Your identification sounds very plausible, I was hoping that somebody might have a diagram.

I have looked through and found some info on discs that I have, but I am not able to post it,
However I did find this link http://www.airpages.ru/eng/mn/b17_43.jpg which should answer your question and it shows is exactly as I had suspected where it was located.
HTH

The ship looks really blunt though, hopefully ski-jump elongates the space in front of the tower.

I don’t know that it will. I think it’s more likeley to make it look even more blunt, particularly as there is a whole lot of flight deck area still to be added and these pictures still do not give you the full emphasis on the width of the thing.
Whenever i’ve tried to make a comparison with the new US CVN 21’s using the various plan images that have been put onto the WWW, I’ve always been concious that deck area wise, there really did not seem to be much in it, with the exception of the bows. As I understand it there is only 2 metres or so difference between the two with CVF being quoted as c73M beam and the CVN 21’s at say c75M and yet the length is some c50M shorter than CVN 21, which to me looks to be pretty well all bow and gives the CVN a much slender look.
Does anyone know what the actual sq ft the deck areas of the two ships are? The CVN should obviously be more with the bulk of the extra, if not all, being due to the long sleek bow.
Also, looking at the aerial images, QE’s fwd island looks to be a monster too which is no surprise I suppose weighing in at c140-150t more than the CVN 21’s only island, as quoted when they were both lifted recently.

After about a month since the last images were posted, we finally get some more images of QE’s build.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/qeclasscarriers/8698643304/sizes/l/in/photostream/

P-51C Mustang Princess Elizabeth

is back?

Come on Carruthers…..keep up! 😀

Congratulations on your achievement and wish you all the best.
I hope it will allow you to increase your shop offerings.

I had a very enjoyable visit to the museum on a sunny but cool August day last year and was very impressed with the activities there.
I was particularly impressed with the larger than usual control tower which allows more display scope inside than most tower museums are able to.
I recommend a visit there to all.

Can see there being a bit of grumbling at Marham from the mob.

Until the ‘official’ announcement today, the mob could just as easily have had nothing, so it would be better for them to have this in mind before grumbling about what they have got.
Of course with their future now secured, they may feel a little more ‘invincible’ (please excuse any form of pun), meaning that they now actually want two pieces of the cake….or even the whole of it.
What effect this may or may not have yet in the long term to Lossie, would be the burning question

Cotts wasnt brilliantly well received but at least it made sense from the legacy Harrier standpoint, was close to the A1 and Oakham, while a bit of a trek, had a train station. Marham’s nearest train station is Kings Lynn is it? Near 10 miles from the base and no motorway anywhere near from what I can see?. Going to be a bit of a hike from Pompey that.

I agree, it makes me wonder whether being near to Sandringham influenced the decision or not?

Makes you wonder what Wittering did?!. Harrier heritage, home to the RAF’s Expeditionary support capability (i.e the lads that forward deployed F-35B shore dets will depend on) and with decent (compared to Marham) road/rail links.

Am I right in thinking that there are a lot less hangarage facilities at Wittering in comparison to Marham, in fact the whole site is smaller is it not?

Sure the Admiralty will be happy they dont have to pay out to stand up Heron to accommodate fastjets again…but accusations of F-35B being an RAF benefit gig are not going to be diminished by this sort of thing!

And you can be sure that the RAF will be doing their very best to try and help turn this into a self fulfilling prophecy.

I am glad though that what now seems to be the last ‘proper’ MOD operational British jets base in East Anglia, is going to remain as such.

RAF Marham future now looks safe.

http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2013-03-25/future-of-raf-base-secured/