Posted by Alan Morton on 1/16/2008, 4:11 pm, in reply to "A/C of The 457BG, PHOTOS,"
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It's a crazy mixed up world out there, and it was even crazier during WWII. Just like in life we find out that someone has the same name as a relative of ours. Hey, it's a different family than ours, right? Like the name Eric is not specifically yours alone. For openers, we're talking about an earlier Model B-17F (with no chin turret) and a later Model B-17G (with a chin turret). The B-17s were carefully assigned SPECIFIC A/C Serial Numbers as they came off the Assembly Lines. Additionally, the B-17 Aircraft were stationed around the world at different Air Bases and attached to different Air Forces; and even to different Nations. The only assurance that there are not "two of a kind" is the Aircraft Serial Number. Often times, the A/C Serial Number is difficult to read off the Vertical Stabilizer and wrongly identified. If an error was given to a B-17 photo and its Serial Number it was a human error. This was the case here. Click on this URL: http://www.457thbombgroup.org/aircraft_pictures/Page6.html The top photo regarding: A/C-42-31607 is correct as shown. The second photo is incorrect as identified as A/C-42-31607 because of the name "Rose Olive" painted on the nose of a B-17F stationed in the United States as a training A/C. The Serial No. is unknown. But it is not A/C-42-31607! God Save the Queen

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