B-17F Bloody Hundredth 1943
B-17F
The B-17F initially served with the 91 BG for a Month, then was assigned to the 100 BG, arriving at Thorpe Abbotts Air Base on July 5, 1943.
The meaning of the Name "Nine Little Yank and a J**k" has two different Interpretations. The first speaks of Lt.Hughes' ten-man Crew, which had Nine northern Boys (Yanks) and only one southern Boy (J**k), suggesting friendly banter between the Men of a Crew. Another Version uses the fact that the Word "J**k" can also be Interpreted as "I***t, fool, or I***t...", with a different Person supposedly being Nicknamed "J**k" on each Mission.
This B-17 was damaged many Times during its Missions and spent a lot of time in Repair. On January 24, 1944, the left landing gear leg was retracted during a landing and the B-17 was damaged and scrapped. By this time the B-17 had logged 28 Combat Missions, 2 Decoys and 5 Kills. Armored Glass was installed in the cockpit, the de-icing cuffs were retained and the Propeller hubs were Black. The sides of the fuselage showed signs of repainting the original Squadron Letters and the original Small Type 2 Insignia. Three Nose deck Windows were Factory installed and the Astrodome was replaced with flat Plexiglass, a relic from previous Operations of the 91 BG.
The Crew of Capt. Robert L.M. Hughes' B-17 Destroyed the Following Enemy Aircraft during the Missions:
Richard E. Elliot 1 Messerschmitt Bf 109
Robert L. Mckimmy 1 Focke-Wulf 190
Joseph F. Boyle 2 Messerschmitt 410
Donald S. Davis 1 Messerschmitt Bf 109
Beautiful Kit from which you can Create 14 different Versions, Precise Etched Parts and Masks to Cover the Windows. Plus two very nice Booklets with Historical Information and Assembly Instructions for the Kit.
Kit: Eduard 1:48
A beautiful B-17, Hans Peter!
Interesting story!
Awesome
Excellent detail work and lovely finish. Well done!
Beautiful job well done
That is a beautiful looking build, Hans, @messerschmitt. Great job on the interior that is hardly visable when built and really beautiful paint work of the overall model. You really captured a lot of the different OD shades and repair patches. Great work.
A beautiful Fortress - the paintwork is really nice! Well done.
Great paint, finishing and detailing. Really inspiring. I would love to build bombers but my display space won’t all it.
Excellent work on a really good kit.
Great build Hans. Excellent finish 😊 I will be visiting Thorpe Abbots air base early next week 👍
Good morning Guy, if you go to the Air Base next week and take photos you could send me some. Kind regards Hans Peter [email protected] WhatsApp +41 79 362 51 93
One of my all-time favorite planes and you did it justice. Well done!
Really nice work on this, love the paintwork.
Fantastic OD paint job. You nailed it, Hans.
Excellent work, Hans Peter. As others have said, great painting.
Superb build and ditto result, Hans Peter @messerschmitt
The painting did come out really nice.
Thank you for liking it. Best regards
Fantastic finish on this Hans, well done sir.