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Re: B17's in Sweden and Bolivia

Posted by Lars Larsson on Mon Nov 26, 2001 11:48:14 AM

In reply top Re: B17's in Sweden and Bolivia posted by Tony on Mon Nov 26, 2001 10:04:13 AM

Hi!
1. I will check the serial with some good source (Bo Widfelds books) later tonight.
2.Correct name should be P?skallavik (an a with a circle), a small community outside Oskarshamn, situated on the swedish mainland close to the island ?land (thats an o with two dots)
Sadly, this is the last (Boeing) B-17 in Sweden.
All the other ones (except the ones that were sold to ABA) were scrapped in situ or repaired and flown back to England at the wars end.Same goes for the B-24s and the sole P-38 (actually a F-5).
But one of those sold to ABA remains as Shoo Shoo Baby at USAF Museum !

//Lars Larsson


: Thanks Mick, Christer and lars.....
:
: Now the problems are:
: 1. Dodgy serial
: 2. I can't find the place name on any atlas i'm looking at
:
: 3. Wel;l, I suppose you could regard the baltic as a Lake,
: exdcept, that we saw some stuff on this particular wreck,
: earlier this year, but it had been "discovered2 a year pr
: eviously, not 1993. Soooooo is there another B17 in a lake
: in Sweden? 68 B-17's came down in Sweden, what happened t
: o the rest of them, apart from the 9 impressed into Swedis
: h service?
:
: And for my next question, B17's operated by a german airli
: ne, well Aero Lloyd Bolivia. Looking at the Bolivian civil
: register, there are a substantial number of B17's and C-8
: 7's operated. Now apart from one derelict at La Paz, and o
: ne returned to the States in 1990, what happened to the re
: st?
:
: regards all
:
: Tony
:
:
:
: : : Tony,
: : : I?ve forwarded You question to two swedish fora.
: : : I hope they can help!?
: : : I guess that speed on those fora might be lower than o
: n
: : th
: : : is one?!
: :
: : Link here.... Choose Video
: :
: : http://hem.passagen.se/evision/index_evision.html
: :
: : It's in the Baltic sea, not in a lake. It seems to be in
: v
: : ery bad condition unfortunately.
: :
: : //Lars Larsson
: :

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