IMG_6183 (2)
Boeing B-17G G-BEDF
• Aircraft Type: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
• Operator: B-17 Preservation
• Year of Manufacture: 1945
• Powered by: Four Wright R-18200-97 Cyclone radial engines
• Colour Scheme: USAAF 447th Bomb Group
The aircraft was delivered to the United States Army Air Force on 19 June 1945 as 44-85784. In 1954 the Institut Géographique National in France bought the plane for use as a survey aircraft. In 1975 she moved to England and was registered with the CAA as G-BEDF to be restored to wartime condition. The ‘Sally B’ was used in the 1990 film Memphis Belle as one of 5 flying B-17s needed for various film scenes, and it was used to replicate the real Memphis Belle in one scene. Half of the aircraft is still in the Memphis Belle livery, following restoration of the ‘Sally B’ nose art and the black and yellow checkerboard pattern on the cowling of the starboard inner (no 3) engine, carried as a tribute to Elly Sallingboe’s companion Ted White, whose Harvard aircraft had the same pattern on its cowling.
North American P-51D Mustang G-SHWN
• North American P-51D Mustang G-SHWN
• Operator: Norwegian Spitfire Foundation
• Year of Manufacture: 1944
• Powered by: Rolls Royce Merlin
• Colour Scheme: KH774 ‘GA-S’ 112 Squadron RAF (Shark mouth) 44-11602
This aircraft was manufactured in 1944 for the United States Army Air Force and registered as military serial number 44-73877. She did not see combat action during WWII.
During 1951 she was delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force where she served until 1958. From 1958 to 1980 the aeroplane was flown by various private owners. After an extensive rebuild from 1980 to 1985 she was registered N167F and bore the ‘Old Crow’ colour scheme of Col. Clarence Anderson who’s signature remains on the left undercarriage door panel.
In 2012 she was purchased by a UK owner and delivered to the UK in August that year. Since then the aeroplane has been overhauled and refitted and is now in the colour scheme of Lt. Blanchford, RAF 112 Squadron which operated from Italy in 1945 on ground attack missions over the Balkans and along the Adriatic coast.
IMG_6183 (2)
Boeing B-17G G-BEDF
• Aircraft Type: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
• Operator: B-17 Preservation
• Year of Manufacture: 1945
• Powered by: Four Wright R-18200-97 Cyclone radial engines
• Colour Scheme: USAAF 447th Bomb Group
The aircraft was delivered to the United States Army Air Force on 19 June 1945 as 44-85784. In 1954 the Institut Géographique National in France bought the plane for use as a survey aircraft. In 1975 she moved to England and was registered with the CAA as G-BEDF to be restored to wartime condition. The ‘Sally B’ was used in the 1990 film Memphis Belle as one of 5 flying B-17s needed for various film scenes, and it was used to replicate the real Memphis Belle in one scene. Half of the aircraft is still in the Memphis Belle livery, following restoration of the ‘Sally B’ nose art and the black and yellow checkerboard pattern on the cowling of the starboard inner (no 3) engine, carried as a tribute to Elly Sallingboe’s companion Ted White, whose Harvard aircraft had the same pattern on its cowling.
North American P-51D Mustang G-SHWN
• North American P-51D Mustang G-SHWN
• Operator: Norwegian Spitfire Foundation
• Year of Manufacture: 1944
• Powered by: Rolls Royce Merlin
• Colour Scheme: KH774 ‘GA-S’ 112 Squadron RAF (Shark mouth) 44-11602
This aircraft was manufactured in 1944 for the United States Army Air Force and registered as military serial number 44-73877. She did not see combat action during WWII.
During 1951 she was delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force where she served until 1958. From 1958 to 1980 the aeroplane was flown by various private owners. After an extensive rebuild from 1980 to 1985 she was registered N167F and bore the ‘Old Crow’ colour scheme of Col. Clarence Anderson who’s signature remains on the left undercarriage door panel.
In 2012 she was purchased by a UK owner and delivered to the UK in August that year. Since then the aeroplane has been overhauled and refitted and is now in the colour scheme of Lt. Blanchford, RAF 112 Squadron which operated from Italy in 1945 on ground attack missions over the Balkans and along the Adriatic coast.