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PostPosted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 12:18 pm 
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Cool! How many of those actually kept the side plexi in place? Most pics I have seen don't seem to have it in place?!?


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I've never seen a picture of the side plexiglass in place. Heck, I didn't even know it was ever there!


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... and is that a B-24 or a B-17? I'm guessing B-24 only because the fuselage is more or less parallel to the ground....

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That's a B-17
The large skin overlay is the wing fairing.

And here's another with the plexi in place...

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Definitely a B-17, with that much belly curve and the wing root fairing where it is, the B-24's wing was much higher and fuselage more slab sided.


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guess which a/c ? :wink:

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not such a rare sight I'd say.....

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