Author Topic: ID the A/C 2615 (Read 519 times)

whgates3 · « **on:** December 06, 2002, 01:53:14 PM »

tally ho

ra · « **Reply #1 on:** December 06, 2002, 02:02:44 PM »

Looks like an early B-17. Could it be the Boeing 299?

keyapaha · « **Reply #2 on:** December 06, 2002, 02:35:12 PM »

I agree looks like a 299

Airscrew · « **Reply #3 on:** December 06, 2002, 03:06:37 PM »

I say early B17, like YB-17, I think the 299 was smaller.

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Airscrew · « **Reply #4 on:** December 06, 2002, 03:11:08 PM »

opps, confused 299 with 247. I'll agree with 299, no military markings

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whgates3 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 06, 2002, 03:28:43 PM »

this is one of 20 B-17Cs (a.k.a. Fortress I) of RAF 90 Squadron, 3 of which participated in the 1st B-17 raid of WWII (1st ever?) to Wilhelmshaven on July 8th 1941.

bottom 3 are B-17G, top one is B-17C...dont know where Fortress I got the name - seems to be missing quite a few guns (@ least 6), but it did have those nice blisters for the side gunners, like the Privateer (unlike privateer it was a single gun)

Airscrew · « **Reply #6 on:** December 06, 2002, 03:30:33 PM »

Look and compare, this is a Model 299

MiloMorai · « **Reply #7 on:** December 06, 2002, 04:50:19 PM »

The 299 had a small turret on top of the nose glazing while the B-17B does not . The first photo does not have this. The first photo has a DF loop under the nose, the 299 does not - it was on top of the cockpit. The nose of the 299 was more pointed. There are other differences but they don't show in the first photo.

whgates3 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 06, 2002, 06:46:28 PM »

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Originally posted by MiloMorai
The 299 had a small turret on top of the nose glazing while the B-17B does not . The first photo does not have this. The first photo has a DF loop under the nose, the 299 does not - it was on top of the cockpit. The nose of the 299 was more pointed. There are other differences but they don't show in the first photo.

the wheels & engine nacles are a bit different too.
B-17C is more similar to 299 than to B-17G

SuperD · « **Reply #9 on:** December 09, 2002, 05:00:01 PM »

It looks like an early version of the B17 before the ball turret was installled. it has a square box on the bottom behind the bombbay that must be the bathtub where a gunner laid in.