Aluminum Overcast

January 10, 2012 By Jeff Leave a Comment

By the time production of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress ended in May 1945, 12,731 had been built by Boeing, Douglas, and Lockheed subsidiary Vega Aircraft. Of those fewer than 50 remain… Only about dozen are still airworthy.

I’ve photographed two of them the Nine-O-Nine and the Aluminum Overcast. The Aluminum Overcast is owned by Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and has been touring the United States since 1994 I caught up with her onAugust 19 & 20, 2008 at the Waterbury-Oxford Airport in Oxford, Connecticut.

For more information about the Aluminum Overcast and her tour schedule visit: http://www.b17.org/.

A close up look at sight one the Aluminum Overcast's waist guns.

A close up look at sight one the Aluminum Overcast's waist guns.

A close up look at sight one the Aluminum Overcast's waist guns.

A close up look at the Aluminum Overcast's tail turret.

A close up look at the Aluminum Overcast's tail.

A close up look at the Aluminum Overcasts's bomb bay.

A close up look at the one of the Aluminum Overcast's landing gear.

A close-up look at the Aluminum Overvast's ball turret.

A close-up look at the Aluminum Overvast's ball turret.

A close-up look at the Aluminum Overvast's ball turret.

A close-up look at the Aluminum Overvast's ball turret.

A close-up of the nose art.

A close-up view of one of the Aluminum Overcast's waist guns.

A close-up view of one of the Aluminum Overcast's waist guns.

A close-up view of one of the Aluminum Overcast's waist guns.

A close-up view of the Aluminum Overcast a WW II era B-17G operated by the EAA.

A close-up view of the Aluminum Overcast a WW II era B-17G operated by the EAA.

A close-up view of the nose of the Aluminum Overcast..

A reenactor dressed as a B-17 pilot.

A reenactor dressed as a B-17 pilot.

A reenactor dressed as a B-17 pilot.

An interior vew of the Aluminum Overcast's ball turret.

An interior view of the bomb bay.

Dumby bombs in the Aluminum Overcast's bomb bay.

Equipment in the Aluminum Overcast's radio compartment.

Equipment in the Aluminum Overcast's radio compartment.

Equipment in the Aluminum Overcast's radio compartment.

Equipment in the Aluminum Overcast's radio compartment.

Equipment in the Aluminum Overcast.

One of the Aluminum Overcast's waist guns.

The radio operators station.

The Aluminum Overcast a WW II era B-17G operated by the EAA.

The Aluminum Overcast a WW II era B-17G operated by the EAA.

The Aluminum Overcast a WW II era B-17G operated by the EAA.

The Aluminum Overcast a WW II era B-17G operated by the EAA.

The Aluminum Overcast a WW II era B-17G operated by the EAA.

The Aluminum Overcast a WW II era B-17G operated by the EAA.

The Aluminum Overcast a WW II era B-17G operated by the EAA.

The Aluminum Overcast a WW II era B-17G operated by the EAA.

The Aluminum Overcast a WW II era B-17G operated by the EAA.

The Aluminum Overcast a WW II era B-17G operated by the EAA.

The Aluminum Overcast a WW II era B-17G operated by the EAA.

The Aluminum Overcast a WW II era B-17G operated by the EAA.

The Aluminum Overcast a WW II era B-17G operated by the EAA.

The Aluminum Overcast's Cockpit.

The Aluminum Overcast's Cockpit.

The Aluminum Overcast's Cockpit.

The Aluminum Overcast's Cockpit.

The Aluminum Overcast's tail turret.

The catwalk through the Aluminum Overcast's bomb bay... It's a tight fit!

The navigators station in the nose of the Aluminum Overcast.

The nose of the Aluminum Overcast a WW II era B-17G operated by the EAA.

The nose of the Aluminum Overcast a WW II era B-17G operated by the EAA.

The radio operatorstation in the Aluminum Overcast.

The view from one of the Aluminum Overcast's waist guns.

The view from the left side waist gun.

The view from the right side waist gun.

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