Originally Posted by
meleagertoo
Here she is, easter 1977 at Harlingen.
Its hard to reflect that in those days film was expensive and every shot cost money - I spent a month there and took only about two rolls of slide film plus one of B & W. What a historcial opportunity missed!
Nice pictures thanks for sharing.
I saw her at Midland Odessa in 98. The dessert sure is cold in the morning. She did her Tora Tora set piece with one wheel down and trailing smoke.
I always saw her as one of the flag ships of the CAF along with Sentimental Journey. So very sad she has been lost along with her crew and the Cobra. The CAF must be heart broken.
Hopefully it's not the final straw for that wing.
Three B17's lost in 10 years is quite a high attrition rate for the type. With groundings there can't be more than five or so still flying.