My guess is that the wreck is in Ethiopia, which bought 46 B 17As between 1947 and 1953, and used them until 1968.
Yupp, Ethiopia or Eritrea.
Rumors says that two Saab B 17A of the IEAF were active as late as in 1972?!
IEAF B 17A wreck
Well if you would like one for yourself , here’s the start of a project, still in N.Africa as in the pics which were only taken a few years ago.
Very intresting pics!! Any id on the a/c? ..and of course, position? 🙂
Hi Martti,
Try to get hold of a copy of Flygoperation Balchen РAmerikanska flygningar i Sverige 1944 Р45 by Jan Waernberg. Published by Svensk Flyghistorisk F̦rening/Swedish Aviation Historical Society 1995.
BTW there is also a PO-2 (Polish built CSS-13) flying in Sweden, SE-XPP. It is based at Eskilstuna/Kjula.
http://www1.airpics.com/showimg.php?imgid=67296http://www1.airpics.com/showimg.php?imgid=67294
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