Author Topic: B-17E.  (Read 962 times)

Offline thndregg

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Re: B-17E.
« Reply #15 on: December 04, 2010, 10:33:03 PM »
B17E or F.. I wouldn't mind either. My preference is the "F".
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Offline Saxman

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Re: B-17E.
« Reply #16 on: December 04, 2010, 10:37:22 PM »
but does the F have any epic stories to top this?  :rock

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(sorry if shes not  really a b-17E, all the search engines kept calling her an E so im assuming right now she is, ether way, amazing plane and an amazing crew, with an amazing story  :salute )


The E and F are virtually identical airframes, so it would be easy to skin Old 666 on a B-17F (as opposed to the B-17G vs. E/F, which are different enough that HTC won't allow their skins on the G).
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Offline Pigslilspaz

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Re: B-17E.
« Reply #17 on: December 04, 2010, 10:40:07 PM »
field modded E, wouldn't mind it though  :D

 :salute to all those men.

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Offline Guppy35

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Re: B-17E.
« Reply #18 on: December 04, 2010, 11:47:02 PM »
If you are really interested in the Pacific B17s, I'd suggest "Fortress Against The Sun" by Gene Salecker.  It covers it from the time they got there til they were withdrawn and has individual histories on all the B17C,D, E and F that operated in combat in the Pacific.
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