ONE OF THE LAST ACTIVE FLYING FORTRESSES
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Re: ONE OF THE LAST ACTIVE FLYING FORTRESSES
Thanks for that Zeph.
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Re: ONE OF THE LAST ACTIVE FLYING FORTRESSES
No problem David!motto wrote:Thanks for that Zeph.
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Re: ONE OF THE LAST ACTIVE FLYING FORTRESSES
September 1984 Redding Ca.
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Thanks for posting the photos Jesse.
Awesome to still see in active 40 years after being built
Do you know what happened to this aircraft?
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Steve
Awesome to still see in active 40 years after being built
Do you know what happened to this aircraft?
Regards
Steve
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No. Sure don't. There are two B-17s in those photos, and another one in the air at the time.
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Jesse,
Hope they are were saved and are still flying!
Regards
Steve
Hope they are were saved and are still flying!
Regards
Steve
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REMEMBERING Captain Slate, USCG
Remembering Captain Slate, USCG PB1-G Pilot.
I always take a look at the sky in memory of Captain Slate who flew one of the last active military B-17's over my house and our business on May 11, 1956. Captain Slate flew everything in the 40's-60's inventory and had plenty of stories to tell.
I always take a look at the sky in memory of Captain Slate who flew one of the last active military B-17's over my house and our business on May 11, 1956. Captain Slate flew everything in the 40's-60's inventory and had plenty of stories to tell.
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ON THIS DATE 63 YEARS AGO
It was on this date in 1956 that I last saw an active duty PB1-G (Coast Guard B-17). It was on final to DOW Field, Maine on its return flight from the International Ice Patrol. One of its' pilots was my friend Coast Guard Captain Lester Slate. His home town was 25 minutes away.
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REMEMBERING CAPTAIN SLATE, USCG
September 11, 1956 It was just after 3 PM when the Coast Guard Flying Fortress flew down my street on final to DOW Field.
Pilot was Captain Slate who lived about 20 miles away. Th was the last time it landed at Dow Field.
Pilot was Captain Slate who lived about 20 miles away. Th was the last time it landed at Dow Field.
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