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I added a post about the 13 PB-1Ws purchased as surplus in late 1957 by American Compressed Steel Corp, eleven of which ended up parked in a corner of Dallas-Love Field between 1958 and 1962. All of them made it to the civil registry and three survive...two on display at USAF bases and on on display with the RAF Museum in the UK.

https://www.aerovintage.com/2024/04/13/the-love-field-forts/

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Scott Thompson
Aero Vintage Books
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Wingtip and #4 prop strike on landing at Love Field on the a/c in the foreground?

I just bought my copy of the ebook version of B-17 in Blue for $10 from Aerovin. This is an excellent copy. I have a paperback copy somewhere, but haven’t seen it in years. I flew several Fire Seasons in B-17 Tanker 65 for Butler Aircraft. It was originally a B-17-95DL 44-83868 converted to PB-1W Buno 77233. There are 3 pages about it in the book. I knew a fair amount of the airplane’s history while I was flying it.

I hope that Scott Thompson won’t object to posting this picture from his book

IMG_2357 by tanker622001, on Flickr

Tanker 65 N5237V at Sequoia Field getting ready for the 1982 Fire Season when I flew it on a CDF contract out of Porterville

B-17 Tanker Pictures 008 by tanker622001, on Flickr