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M25 roadrunner B-17

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 7:08 am
by grahamdevizes
A friend saw a trailer with a B-17 fuselage coded EP*E on the M25 close to Heathrow at 7.20am BST this morning. Can anyone provide a serial number please? TIA

Re: M25 roadrunner B-17

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 7:09 am
by joost900
grahamdevizes wrote:
Mon Oct 11, 2021 7:08 am
A friend saw a trailer with a B-17 fuselage coded EP*E on the M25 close to Heathrow at 7.20am BST this morning. Can anyone provide a serial number please? TIA
Possible mock-up for "Masters of the Air" filming?

Re: M25 roadrunner B-17

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 7:37 am
by grahamdevizes
Thanks joost, he said he couldn't be 100% sure whether it was a mock up or an original frame but if there's filming going on, then looks most likely to be a mock up. Thanks again.

Re: M25 roadrunner B-17

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 10:49 am
by mustang5861
grahamdevizes wrote:
Mon Oct 11, 2021 7:08 am
A friend saw a trailer with a B-17 fuselage coded EP*E on the M25 close to Heathrow at 7.20am BST this morning. Can anyone provide a serial number please? TIA
It was indeed one of the mock-ups used at Abingdon for filming - the 'EP' code is that of the 351st BS, part of the 100th BG, and the mock-ups have the 'D in a Square' tail marking of the 100th BG.

Re: M25 roadrunner B-17

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2021 11:35 am
by roughcutter
mustang5861 wrote:
Mon Oct 11, 2021 10:49 am
grahamdevizes wrote:
Mon Oct 11, 2021 7:08 am
A friend saw a trailer with a B-17 fuselage coded EP*E on the M25 close to Heathrow at 7.20am BST this morning. Can anyone provide a serial number please? TIA
It was indeed one of the mock-ups used at Abingdon for filming - the 'EP' code is that of the 351st BS, part of the 100th BG, and the mock-ups have the 'D in a Square' tail marking of the 100th BG.
Shouldn't have told him :whistle: :lol: