B-17 Flying Fortress & DC-3 Dakota/C-47 Skytrain - Headcorn Battle of Britain Airshow 2022

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, ’Sally-B’, G-BEDF and Douglas DC-3 Dakota/C-47 Skytrain KP220, G-ANAF, displaying together at Headcorn Battle of Britain Airshow 2022. B-17G ’Sally B’:- This is the only remaining airworthy B-17 in Britain and Europe. It was one of the last B-17s to be constructed by the Lockheed-Vega plant at Burbank, California. Accepted by the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) as 44-85784 on 19 June 1945 it was too late to see war service, and was flown to Nashville for modifications. Converted for training purposes and re-designated TB-17G, it was based at Wright Field (now Wright-Patterson AFB), Ohio from November 1945. Continuing in the care of 2750th Air Base Group (ABG), it was selected for research use and in 1949 allocated EB-17G status. It was used in a variety of research roles, including the addition of a man-carrying pod on the starboard wingtip. Also fitted at the time was an infra-red tracking device in place of the Perspex nose. These trial