B-17 Flying Fortress On Static Display WorldwideSerial Number Aircraft Type Nickname City State Location Notes 44-83735 B-17G Mary Alice Duxford UK American Air Museum Displayed indoors. 44-83868 B-17G Hendon UK Bomber Command Museum Displayed indoors. 44-85583 B-17G Recife Brazil Base ...
It's nickname originates from the last three numbers of it's serial, 9,0,9Specifications Spotlights This craft has been featured Feanor 7.5 years ago weebabyseamus 7.5 years ago jamesPLANESii 7.5 years ago goboygo1 7.5 years ago Dynimerous 7.5 years ago RailfanEthan 7.5 years ...
The single-seater aircraft is technically known as the Scout, but the nickname stuck because pilots considered it to be the “pup” of a larger two-seater Sopwith. Most Sopwith fighters that followed became part of what was known as the “flying zoo” with animal names like the Camel, Dolp...
The single-seater aircraft is technically known as the Scout, but the nickname stuck because pilots considered it to be the “pup” of a larger two-seater Sopwith. Most Sopwith fighters that followed became part of what was known as the “flying zoo” with animal names like the Camel, Dolp...
from which he chose an athletic scholarship to the University of Miami, where he graduated in 1995. A gregarious defensive lineman who earned the nickname “Dewey,” the 6-foot-5 Johnson played in 39 games, totaled 77 tackles, and has been described by teammates and coaches as a strong pla...
was forced to join the Wehrmacht[2]and sent to Poland. Eighty per cent of his hometown of Ludwigshafen[3], an industrial centre near the French border, was destroyed by seemingly endless waves of allied bombing raids. His brother, Walter, was crushed to death when an allied bomber crashed ...
A marriage to clergyman C Rankin Barnes in 1919 survived in name only as she continued her flambuoyant adventures and, on inheriting the family fortune in the mid-'20s, she ran off to Mexico, where she acquired her nickname—an equestrian friend likened her, riding alongside on a burro, ...
was an action more creative than the threats Western governments typically think up – and that creativity created such a surprise factor that the Russians had to back down. Yes, it is possible that the Irish government made concessions to Moscow that the Ambassador’s statement didn’t mention...
When it opened (all underground) on March 10, 1906, it was called the Baker Street & Waterloo Railway, but the popular nickname Bakerloo was soon adopted as its official name. (I'm cribbing here from the extensive Wikipedia entry.) I've only put this entry in so the glossary can ...
Some will even say that the BUFFs (BUFF stands for Big Ugly Fat Fellow, a nickname the B-52 picked up during the Vietnam War) flying today share only their tail numbers with the B-52s that originally rolled off the Boeing assembly lines. Finally, the fact that the cost to re...