B-17G With New Markings

B-17G With New Markings
Airfix is re-releasing their 1:72 scale B-17G with two new marking options in the Autumn including ‘Milk Run’ with over a century of missions


  • Scheme A - Boeing B-17G-70-BO Flying Fortress 43-37756 ‘Milk Wagon’, 708th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, United States Army Air Force, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England 1945.
  • Scheme B - Boeing B-17G-95-BO Flying Fortress 43-38728‘$5 with Breakfast, 851st Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force,United States Army Air Force, Eye Airfield, Suffolk, England 1945.

‘Milk Wagon’ set up a record for the most missions by a B-17 [129] while attached to the 447th Bomb Group

Expected Autumn 2021

A08017B - Boeing B17G Flying Fortress – 1:72

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