Navy PB-1W (ex-B17-G) BuNo 77234

[Boomerang]

Does anyone have a photo of the weird looking Navy B-17 AEW modification
with the big APS-20 radome mounted over the cockpit? There was only one top
mount - 77234 - and it flew with VW-1 in the fifties. I have the candid
shots of it posted on the VW-1 website but there are several more around,
one shot at NAS Norfolk in 1955.

[Alan Erskine]

"Boomerang" > wrote in message
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> Does anyone have a photo of the weird looking Navy B-17 AEW modification
> with the big APS-20 radome mounted over the cockpit? There was only one
top
> mount - 77234 - and it flew with VW-1 in the fifties. I have the candid
> shots of it posted on the VW-1 website but there are several more around,
> one shot at NAS Norfolk in 1955.

Try this:
http://images.google.com.au/images?hl=en&q=PB-1W&btnG=Search+Images

Also found this info: 77233/77234 Douglas-Long Beach PB-1W Fortress - former
Army
B-17G-95-DL 44-83868/83869 used by US Navy
77233 (c/n 32509) ex USAAF 44-83868. Eventually to American Compressed
Steel Corp, Dallas, TX, Dec., 1957-1960. Stored as USN XD-2, Dallas-Love
Airport, 1958-1960. Von E. Carstedt/Carstedt Air, Long Beach, CA,
Registration N6466D reserved but not used. Sale not completed.
Aero Union Corp, Chico, CA, 1960. Registered as N5237V. Calvin J.
Butler/Butler
Farm Air, Richmond, OR, 1963-1969. Flown as tanker #E15. Registered as
N5237V.
Butler Aircraft Co, Redmond, OR, 1974-1977. Flown as tanker #F15, and #65.
TBM Inc, Sequoia, CA, 1979-1983. Flown as tanker #65. RAF Museum, Hendon,
Dec. 9,
1983-1992. C onverted back to military configuration at Sequoia, CA. 1984
Delivered
to RAF Brize Norton for the Bomber Command Museum and United States Army Air
Force
Memorial at Hendon in Greater London, UK. Now on Static display painted as
44-83868


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Alan Erskine

[Boomerang]

All good dope, but I've been there,done that...but I need the front-on head
shot of the cockpit with that enormous honeycomb plastic APS-20 dome perched
on top! Thanks for looking !

[Alan Erskine]

"Boomerang" > wrote in message
. ..
> All good dope, but I've been there,done that...but I need the front-on
head
> shot of the cockpit with that enormous honeycomb plastic APS-20 dome
perched
> on top! Thanks for looking !

Maybe email the Air Force museum? Surely they'd be able to help.


--
Alan Erskine

[John Benton]

found this at http://home.comcast.net/~elmccaul/WVRoster/SQDN/sq_vw1.htm




JB



"Boomerang" > wrote in message
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> Does anyone have a photo of the weird looking Navy B-17 AEW modification
> with the big APS-20 radome mounted over the cockpit? There was only one
> top
> mount - 77234 - and it flew with VW-1 in the fifties. I have the candid
> shots of it posted on the VW-1 website but there are several more around,
> one shot at NAS Norfolk in 1955.
>
>

[John Benton]

Found a few more shots of 77234 at http://vw1assoc.tripod.com/pb1wdays.html.





"John Benton" > wrote in message
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> found this at http://home.comcast.net/~elmccaul/WVRoster/SQDN/sq_vw1.htm
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> "Boomerang" > wrote in message
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>> Does anyone have a photo of the weird looking Navy B-17 AEW modification
>> with the big APS-20 radome mounted over the cockpit? There was only one
>> top
>> mount - 77234 - and it flew with VW-1 in the fifties. I have the candid
>> shots of it posted on the VW-1 website but there are several more around,
>> one shot at NAS Norfolk in 1955.
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[Harriet and John]

Many thanks John - these are the shots I was looking for!