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Here's the nose art of the B-17G "The Pink Lady", the last B-17 which seen the militaries operations over Europe during WWII to still in flying condition but it's also the last french B-17 and one of the last B-17 to flying. It was a B-17 of the 511th BS of the 351st BG which were based at RAF Polebrook. At the end of the war, "The Pink Lady" were affected to the 365th BS of the 305th BG at RAF Chelveston. The B-17G-85-VE, serial number 44-8846 know under the name of "The Pink Lady" had turn into the film of Micheal Caton-Jones, "Memphis Belle" where he played his own role and the one of the fictive B-17 "Mother and Country".
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Fun Fact:
The "VE" at the end of the manufacturer's designation means that it was made by Lockheed. During WW2, manufacturers were told to build anything they could, no matter who designed it. So, in the case of the B-17, they were made by Boeing (BO), Lockheed (VE), and Douglas (DO), even tho at times there were "competing" planes built by competing companies.
The "VE" at the end of the manufacturer's designation means that it was made by Lockheed. During WW2, manufacturers were told to build anything they could, no matter who designed it. So, in the case of the B-17, they were made by Boeing (BO), Lockheed (VE), and Douglas (DO), even tho at times there were "competing" planes built by competing companies.
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The above codes mainly happened on large aircraft (bombers and some transports for example), but Grumman had a problem with their small factory, and didn't have the capacity to build large quantities of their F-4F Wildcats, so the US Government made General Motors make them, since they had plenty of capacity (no one buying cars); they were called FM-2. It also happened to the TBF Avenger...GM made planes were called TBM. This didn't happen for too long a time; by the middle of the war, they had built a very large pair of factories to crank out the planes.
The above codes mainly happened on large aircraft (bombers and some transports for example), but Grumman had a problem with their small factory, and didn't have the capacity to build large quantities of their F-4F Wildcats, so the US Government made General Motors make them, since they had plenty of capacity (no one buying cars); they were called FM-2. It also happened to the TBF Avenger...GM made planes were called TBM. This didn't happen for too long a time; by the middle of the war, they had built a very large pair of factories to crank out the planes.
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