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28th September 2023, 15:03
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Re: Livery of a B17 in 1944
Gilles if you want to make a model of 42-102463 you would need to know 2 key features ie. tail gun style and position of waist windows, without a photo this is difficult though as she was a G-50-BO the windows were staggered (the right one forward) on the production line; the original tail pattern wasn't replaced at the Boeing factory with the Cheyenne-type until Block G-80-BO though many in Block 50 had them installed at Modification Centres or Depots eg.
42-102464 (457BG), 42-102452 (96BG), and 42-102506 (398BG). One that kept the earlier type was 42-102509 (91BG) lost in July. For 463 I would go with pre-red Wing colours at least this is how she would have looked when delivered to the 398th; Cheyenne turret and staggered enclosed waist windows with radio-room gun in place (deleted from G-105-BO). Nick 
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