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− | == [[:Category:Douglas DC-4|Douglas DC-4]] == | + | == [[:Category:Douglas DC-4|Douglas DC-4-1009]] == |
− | Following their return from overseas, the men initially try to fly home via commercial airlines, but there are no seats available. | + | Following their return from overseas, the men initially try to fly home via commercial airlines, but there are no seats available.<br> |
+ | Registration NC10201, c/n 42904. | ||
[[Image:BYOLDC4-1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|A Western Air Lines DC-4 provides no accommodation for a war weary GI.]] | [[Image:BYOLDC4-1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|A Western Air Lines DC-4 provides no accommodation for a war weary GI.]] | ||
[[Image:BYOLDC4-2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|NC10201 was the first civilian DC-4 built. She served only a short time with Western before being sold. She ended her days in South America and was scrapped in 1972 ]] | [[Image:BYOLDC4-2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|NC10201 was the first civilian DC-4 built. She served only a short time with Western before being sold. She ended her days in South America and was scrapped in 1972 ]] | ||
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== [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]] == | == [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]] == |
Revision as of 07:09, 23 September 2012
Movie (1946)
Starring:
Dana Andrews (Fred Derry)
Harold Russell (Homer Parrish)
Fredric March (Al Stephenson)
William Wyler's classic film follows the lives of three American servicemen as they transition to civilian life following WWII.
Douglas DC-4-1009
Following their return from overseas, the men initially try to fly home via commercial airlines, but there are no seats available.
Registration NC10201, c/n 42904.
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Undeterred, they take a "space available" hop on an Air Transport Command B-17
Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress
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Also being scrapped are a couple of rare YB-40 gunships. These modified B-17Fs had additional gun mounts and were intended to act as escorts accompanying flights of bombers on their way to and from the target. A second top turret was installed in the radio compartment. Although the second turret has been removed from these aircraft, the shortened fairing ahead of the radio room (and just behind the open life raft compartments above the wing), identify them as YB-40s.
Bell P-39 Airacobra
A number of stripped P-39s appear, awaiting the scrappers torch.
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