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Tail Stripes on B-17 'Bir Hakeim'


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Looking at the IWM photos in Max Headroom's recent post, I notice that an associated photo is FRE 8810, B-17F 'Bir Hakeim'. I have the decals for this aircraft in NMF but this is the first time I have seen it in camo. Did it wear  French tail stripes when in camo.? Photos don't show.

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Wonder if it was painted Sacre Bleu overall? Seriously- never knew the French had any other Forts, other than the ones they used for geographical surveying' @Simon- neat photos and article- thanks for posting them. See the photo via Wikipedia.

Mike

 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Boeing_B-17G_F-BGSH_IGN_Creil_26.05.57_edited-2.jpg

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3 hours ago, 72modeler said:

Wonder if it was painted Sacre Bleu overall?

Says in the linked article it started out in standard US colors of OD over NG, later stripped to bare metal. 

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