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8th Air Force Museum

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 09:04
by Redhornet
The 8th Air Force Museum in Savannah GA is restoring a B17. My father volunteers there and was able to get me access to get into and around the plane as well as taking me back to the workshop area. Below is a link to all the pix I took while I was there. It is a FANTASTIC museum and I highly recommend going if you live within a reasonable distance. The pix are in no particular order and focus mainly on the B17 and it's parts. Enjoy:
http://s390.photobucket.com/albums/oo34 ... _Savannah/

Re: 8th Air Force Museum

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 12:53
by Trouble4u
Very cool! I must go there someday. Thats an F model, right? Is it just for display or will it fly? And what is the engine from with the bent prop and where did it come from?

Re: 8th Air Force Museum

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 13:13
by Hamlet
~S! I like them, yes Sir!

Re: 8th Air Force Museum

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 17:43
by Redhornet
The B17 will be static display only, unfortunate, but there it is. The wrecked engine is a Daimler Benz 601 from a downed Me109. Really scary to look down the propeller hub bore for the 20/30mm cannon, definately wouldn't have wanted to be in front of that thing.