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| 5 Grand at Boeing after roll out | 5 Grand rollout...Look ma! |
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| The 5,000th B-17 to roll out of the Seattle Boeing factory | Receiving admirers in Kearney, Nebraska |
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The crew who picked up 5 Grand in Kearny, Nebraska flew her to Shannon, Ireland. While in Shannon "5 Grand"
underwent a few modifications and maintenance. After the work on "5 Grand" was completed, a test crew was checking
"5 Grand" out on a test flight and had hydraulic problems with the landing gear. Since the landing gear couldn't
be lowered, the ball turrent was ejected from the aircraft and "5 Grand" made an emergency belly landing. The
ensuing repairs took more time and the original crew was separated from "5 Grand," assigned to another aircraft,
destined to never fly "5 Grand" in combat.
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5 Grand Sprucing Up! Preparing the airplane for delivery |
5 Grand's first flight |
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| Contrails point the way to Germany | Waist Gunner's view of formation contrails |
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| Lost some good friends from our group today.... | Flying Over 10/10 Undercast |
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| Tailgunner's View Of Another B-17 | Practice Makes Perfect...somewhere over England |
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| 5 Grand on station in England | 5 Grand over England |
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| Heading to Merseburg, Germany | Flak is heavy returning from Merseburg, Germany |
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| Home away from home; Sudbury, England | 5 Grand ready for some more action!! |
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This was the place we called home.
Hand drawn by John MacBride |
B-17 Flying Fortress hand drawn by
John MacBride. |