Academy 2143 BOEING B-17G FLYING FORTRESS

The G-series was the last version of the venerable Flying Fortress. It featured a new chin turret under the bomb aimer's position and improved fuel tank venting, which increased the aircraft's survival chances in combat. Late production style tail gun position. Service History: USAAF; 1941-45. Decal sheet contains national insignia, instrument panel, aircraft ID number and code letters, nose art, and identification bands for wings, stabilizer, and vertical fin. Kit markings are for B-17G A/C #337907 "Carolina Moon"- 851st Bomb Squadron 490th Bomb Group. Aircraft was overall natural aluminum with red identification bands.  

Historie B-17G- 75- BO ,43-37907 '' Carolina Moon ''

This Fortress arrived at Eye on 2 July, 1944 and passed on to a second crew in December who in addition to the name added wives and girlfriends names to the crews positions. This a/c was credited to downing an Me-262 jet fighter by its gunners. The B-17 survived the war and was flown back to the US in mid-1945 and was sold as scrap at Kingman in December of that year. 

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•  "Carolina Moon" ,851BS ,490BG , U.S.A.A.F ,Europe 1944