Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 43-37756/G 'Milk Wagon', 708th BS/447th BG, Rattlesden, 1944

Scale: 1:72 Silver / yellow lacquered Movable propellers Optional substructure › See more product details; Product description Product Description The military airfield in Rattlesden in Suffolk was constructed for American use in 1942 and was classified as an A-standard airfield. With three concrete runways and 50 scattered aircraft hard points, it was initially intended for the use of Martin B-26 Marauder Bomber, but when it later felt that this aircraft would be more suitable to fly from bases further south, Rattlesden became for the soon B-17s of the 447. Bombardment group at home. The first bombing mission of aircraft of the 447th took place on Christmas Eve 1943 when their B-17s were sent to flatten a suspected V-1 flight bomb site near Saint Omer, a mission that set the tone for some busy months. The 447. D-Day preparation campaign is shipped against targets such as airfields, railway marshalling yards, suspicious missile sites, submarine pens, and marine installations throughout France, Belgium, and in Germany itself to connect with other units in concentrated attacks against city targets. On D-Day itself, the unit bombed the beachhead sectors in advance of landing, following Pathfinder planes for target identification. The weeks after D-Day saw no negligence in mission activity for the fortresses of the 447. year as they took almost daily missions to support numerous strategic goals, including the Battle of Bulge and Operational Varsity. They flew their final combat mission on April 21, 1945, aimed at a marshalling yard in Ingolstadt in Germany and in the summer of the same year, all serviceable aircraft were flown back to the United States, where the 708. Bomb Squadron was inactivated on November 7, 1945. One of the most durable features of US Air operations. from Britain during World War II, their use of nose artwork to adorn many of their combat planes was a practice generally conquered by the RAF hierarchy, but seemingly ignored by their American counterparts. The adoption of nose art is said to take many forms, from a lucky charm for the crew or a highly visible warning to enemy fighter pilots to leave them alone knowing what is good for them. They could also be a simple reminder of home that must appear so far away during the wild air battle at this stage of war. Whatever the reason for the application, practice ensured that some of these planes and the men who flew them will be remembered for many generations. Boeing B-17G-70-BO serial number 43-37756 was built in Boeing Seattle factory in the spring of 1944 and delivered to the USAAF at Dow Field, Maine on. May 18th same year she became the 708th Bomb Squadron 447 Bomb Group assigned and later flown to Rattlesden, Suffolk, England, where she would join the rest of her unit already engaged in battle. With her first combat mission on June 20, 1944, she was back in the air the next day, this time on a raid to the Great - Berlin, in the hands of another crew. This crew had recently from the 15th Air Force transmitted to racial readings, flying bombing missions from the locations in Italy. Since this was quite unusual for the basic personnel, landing back after the Berlin mission, they were asked by members of the Ground Crew how it compared to flying missions from the opposite side of Europe and she replied: \; Product description Product Description The military airfield in Rattlesden in Suffolk was constructed for American use in 1942 and was classified as an A-standard airfield. With three concrete runways and 50 scattered aircraft hard points, it was initially intended for the use of Martin B-26 Marauder Bomber, but when it later felt that this aircraft would be more suitable to fly from bases further south, Rattlesden became for the soon B-17s of the 447. Bombardment group at home. The first bombing mission of aircraft of the 447th took place on Christmas Eve 1943 when their B-17s were sent to flatten a suspected V-1 flight bomb site near Saint Omer, a mission that set the tone for some busy months. The 447. D-Day preparation campaign is shipped against targets such as airfields, railway marshalling yards, suspicious missile sites, submarine pens, and marine installations throughout France, Belgium, and in Germany itself to connect with other units in concentrated attacks against city targets. On D-Day itself, the unit bombed the beachhead sectors in advance of landing, following Pathfinder planes for target identification. The weeks after D-Day saw no negligence in mission activity for the fortresses of the 447. year as they took almost daily missions to support numerous strategic goals, including the Battle of Bulge and Operational Varsity. They flew their final combat mission on April 21, 1945, aimed at a marshalling yard in Ingolstadt in Germany and in the summer of the same year, all serviceable aircraft were flown back to the United States, where the 708. Bomb Squadron was inactivated on November 7, 1945. One of the most durable features of US Air operations. from Britain during World War II, their use of nose artwork to adorn many of their combat planes was a practice generally conquered by the RAF hierarchy, but seemingly ignored by their American counterparts. The adoption of nose art is said to take many forms, from a lucky charm for the crew or a highly visible warning to enemy fighter pilots to leave them alone knowing what is good for them. They could also be a simple reminder of home that must appear so far away during the wild air battle at this stage of war. Whatever the reason for the application, practice ensured that some of these planes and the men who flew them will be remembered for many generations. Boeing B-17G-70-BO serial number 43-37756 was built in Boeing Seattle factory in the spring of 1944 and delivered to the USAAF at Dow Field, Maine on. May 18th same year she became the 708th Bomb Squadron 447 Bomb Group assigned and later flown to Rattlesden, Suffolk, England, where she would join the rest of her unit already engaged in battle. With her first combat mission on June 20, 1944, she was back in the air the next day, this time on a raid to the Great - Berlin, in the hands of another crew. This crew had recently from the 15th Air Force transmitted to racial readings, flying bombing missions from the locations in Italy. Since this was quite unusual for the basic personnel, landing back after the Berlin mission, they were asked by members of the Ground Crew how it compared to flying missions from the opposite side of Europe and she replied: \; Product Description The military airfield in Rattlesden in Suffolk was constructed for American use in 1942 and was classified as an A-standard airfield. With three concrete runways and 50 scattered aircraft hard points, it was initially intended for the use of Martin B-26 Marauder Bomber, but when it later felt that this aircraft would be more suitable to fly from bases further south, Rattlesden became for the soon B-17s of the 447. Bombardment group at home. The first bombing mission of aircraft of the 447th took place on Christmas Eve 1943 when their B-17s were sent to flatten a suspected V-1 flight bomb site near Saint Omer, a mission that set the tone for some busy months. The 447. D-Day preparation campaign is shipped against targets such as airfields, railway marshalling yards, suspicious missile sites, submarine pens, and marine installations throughout France, Belgium, and in Germany itself to connect with other units in concentrated attacks against city targets. On D-Day itself, the unit bombed the beachhead sectors in advance of landing, following Pathfinder planes for target identification. The weeks after D-Day saw no negligence in mission activity for the fortresses of the 447. year as they took almost daily missions to support numerous strategic goals, including the Battle of Bulge and Operational Varsity. They flew their final combat mission on April 21, 1945, aimed at a marshalling yard in Ingolstadt in Germany and in the summer of the same year, all serviceable aircraft were flown back to the United States, where the 708. Bomb Squadron was inactivated on November 7, 1945. One of the most durable features of US Air operations. from Britain during World War II, their use of nose artwork to adorn many of their combat planes was a practice generally conquered by the RAF hierarchy, but seemingly ignored by their American counterparts. The adoption of nose art is said to take many forms, from a lucky charm for the crew or a highly visible warning to enemy fighter pilots to leave them alone knowing what is good for them. They could also be a simple reminder of home that must appear so far away during the wild air battle at this stage of war. Whatever the reason for the application, practice ensured that some of these planes and the men who flew them will be remembered for many generations. Boeing B-17G-70-BO serial number 43-37756 was built in Boeing Seattle factory in the spring of 1944 and delivered to the USAAF at Dow Field, Maine on. May 18th same year she became the 708th Bomb Squadron 447 Bomb Group assigned and later flown to Rattlesden, Suffolk, England, where she would join the rest of her unit already engaged in battle. With her first combat mission on June 20, 1944, she was back in the air the next day, this time on a raid to the Great - Berlin, in the hands of another crew. This crew had recently from the 15th Air Force transmitted to racial readings, flying bombing missions from the locations in Italy. Since this was quite unusual for the basic personnel, landing back after the Berlin mission, they were asked by members of the Ground Crew how it compared to flying missions from the opposite side of Europe and she replied: \

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