Abandoned B17 in Papua...story new to me...

[RDMcG]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/swamp-ghost-pe...

Now back in Hawaii.....

[Eric Mc]

It's been referred to on and off in the historic aviation press for quite a few years. It is a very rare "E" variant. The E was the first "modernised" B-17 with the much larger tail fin and rear gunner position.

B-17C



B-17E

[richw_82]

"Eerily untouched". It was when it was first rediscovered in the 1970's with even the glass still intact in the nose. It then got pilfered and damaged a few times by visitors on helicopter tours.

There's another largely intact B17, at Black Cat Gap, which holds a bit more interest for me as it was originally ordered and painted for the RAF, before getting reallocated to the USAAF. Weather being what it is, the paint has been eroded, and now the old RAF markings show through.

http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-17/41-9234...