Sallie B

I had no idea what a treat it was to see this aircraft in flight until I spoke with a member of the Sallie B Association who told me she'd logged only 9 minutes airborne in the past year...engine trouble, difficulty of repair in a large 66-year old plane.

Pride of place at Duxford clearly goes to the B-17G Flying Fortress Sallie B

Take-off from Duxford

What must have been a familiar sight here, 65 years ago, a Flying Fort banking
low over the East Anglia countryside

 

Flying over Bar Hill, on approach

 

Full view

Tail view

 

Apparently the Sallie B has been a movie star as well

 

From the American Hangar, US 8th and 9th Air Force bases in southeastern
England, June 6, 1944; you get to be proud to be a Yank, here