| Burtonwood
Planes & Jeeps |
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B17 was autographed by many of the pilots and staff working
at Burtonwood in 1944. |
This
plane was the 5,000th B-17 Flying Fortress bomber to be built by
Boeing during WWII and named "5 GRAND".
To commemorate it, all the workers who worked on it being built
wrote their names on it!
It
came to Burtonwood as one of over 4,000 received there for operations
in Europe between 1942 and late 1945. It saw action with a squadron,
then returned to the States and toured a short time before being
stored, hoping to be sold, but it was not and was unceremoniously
scrapped in about 1948.
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| Williams
and Lt Jack Cook by the B-17 "Champ of the European
Theatre of Operations'' |
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P-38
Lightening on the ramp. It appears that the nose has been
extended - do you know why or where you involved in the work?
Let
us know
Photograph courtesy Mason Hise
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Douglas
C124 Globemaster unloading an F-86 Sabre for overhaul . Taken
in the mid 1950s.
Photograph courtesy Ron Oldacre
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Hawker
Hunter 1958
Photograph courtesy Mervyn Robinson
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| Many
of the original Jeeps are still at Burtonwood and form part
of the museum. |
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| This
picture was taken during a reunion party. |
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