Hybrid B-24 & B-17

[javierarg]

Hello!
Any of you have plans or three views for this? You know him? extremely rare.

 

[Nik]

Sorry, what are we looking at ??

 

[Orionblamblam]

It's a B-24 with the nose of a B-17. It was, IIRC, a field repair to a badly damaged B-24, using parts from a trashed B-17. I may be misremembering, however.

 

[jstar]

Not a field repair, but an experiment to determine if the B-17 nose provided better working conditions than a B-24 nose. It did use a damaged B-17.


There is a nice writeup here: http://www.unrealaircraft.com/hybrid/B17G.php

 

[Stargazer]

Wow. You learn something every day...

 

[Vahe Demirjian]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/7nky95

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/7nky95/b24jb17g_hybrid/

https://flic.kr/p/5fnZUc

View: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougsheley/2788150143

 

[Archibald]

Unbelievable, but that hybrid was nice looking at least.
So how do we call that ?
B-41 Flying Liberator ? Flyator ? Liberatress ? Forterator ?

 

[Arjen]

Fornicator.

 

[Archibald]

Brilliant !

 

[jstar]

And what did they do with the left-over parts?

 

[ACResearcher]

jstar, what is the source of your nose closeup? Do you have a hi-res copy available?

AlanG

 

[jstar]

jstar, what is the source of your nose closeup? Do you have a hi-res copy available?

AlanG

Just a result of a google image search for 'Reed Project B-17'. I don't have a hi-res copy, but this one is a little clearer.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Unbelievable, but that hybrid was nice looking at least.
So how do we call that ?
B-41 Flying Liberator ? Flyator ? Liberatress ? Forterator ?

Insinkerator (it's a brand of garbage disposal)

 

[T. A. Gardner]

jstar, what is the source of your nose closeup? Do you have a hi-res copy available?

AlanG

Just a result of a google image search for 'Reed Project B-17'. I don't have a hi-res copy, but this one is a little clearer.

Question... What German bomber did they take the gondola under the nose off of?

 

[Arjen]

Fw 200?

 

[Hood]

I think its a B-24J bombardier position stuck on the bottom of the B-17 nose. Very odd.

 

[jstar]

Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress 41-9112 Dreamboat

XB-38 Flying Fortress prototype here:

inchhighguy.wordpress.com

 

[publiusr]

Sure that’s not a goiter?