Boeing (Vega) B-17G 44-85774 M61 Vulcan 20mm cannon

M61 Vulcan 20mm cannon

The Yak-9DD provided fighter escort for portions of these missions deep into Eastern European airspace

It was subsequently converted to a DB-17 drone controller

operating a smaller air wing than the newer supercarriers but punching well above her weight throughout the conflict

Boeing (Vega) B-17G 44-85774 M61 Vulcan 20mm cannonThese are 1 72 scale decals for Boeing (Vega) B 17G 44 85774, serving postwar with the 4136th Base Unit, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, United States Air Force. By the late 1940s, surviving B 17Gs had transitioned from frontline combat bombers to a variety of support, training, and administrative roles under the newly independent USAF. Tinker Field now Tinker Air Force Base was a major Air Materiel Command depot, and B 17s assigned to base units there