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By: - 24th July 2016 at 14:22 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
For short range missions the B-17 could carry 2 additional bombs on underwing racks. The racks were rarely used but all B-17s had the mounts and wiring installed
By: - 24th July 2016 at 16:24 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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Hope this helps, they could carry a 1000,1600,2000 or 4000 pound bomb on each external mount
By: - 24th July 2016 at 16:45 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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By: - 24th July 2016 at 19:36 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thanks guys, champs as usual!
By: - 24th July 2016 at 19:50 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Were B17's ever used for supply drops?
C47's had similar racks for such a purpose.
By: - 24th July 2016 at 22:57 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Were B17's ever used for supply drops?
C47's had similar racks for such a purpose.
The 388th certainly did 'Chow Hound' missions to Holland dropping food supplies right in the last days of the war. Other BGs were involved I'm sure. In my research for the book I also covered the supply drops in France to the resistance, the Union II operation where B-17s dropped men and canisters - about 400 canisters.
By: - 25th July 2016 at 16:17 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
As a Pole, I can't forget to mention 100+ B-17s doing a big supply drop over fighting Warsaw during the Uprising, on Sept. 18th '44. One of the raids of "Operation Frantic".
By: - 25th July 2016 at 18:40 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
C47's had similar racks for such a purpose.
The British bomb racks on RAF Daks were similar to those B-17 ones but the Americans used the Parapack system on their C-47 which included an aerodynamic fairing.
By: - 6th August 2016 at 16:06 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
A couple more photo's post war.
Not always used for ordnance.
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By: David Price - 24th July 2016 at 12:46
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Hi Folks,
I'm sure you folks can tell me this in a heartbeat.
Here's a picture of 42-97286 'Skipper and the kids', a B-17 flown on June 11th 1944 by Dong Ong to Pontaubault in France (as featured in the book 'A Bomber Crew Mystery'). She suffered the most tragic of endings on the Isle of Arran in December that year with the loss of 11 men in a flying accident.
Here's a technical question for B-17 buffs out there. Why is Skipper carrying external bombs in this shot, and not in the bomb bay?