User talk:SamMcGowan

Signing in articles
Sam, I noticed you added considerable material to the B-17 article with no citations other than links to your user page. So far as I can tell, the material you've added is good material, but you need a proper footnote to a published source. That source can be your own books, assuming they're not vanity press publications, but linking to your user page is not adequate. --Yaush (talk) 21:49, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Yes, please stop adding your signature to article space, as you did at Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Thank you. Binksternet (talk) 22:15, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

I'll add some sources - they are well documented, starting with the official history of the US Army Air Forces in World War II and Walter Edmonds' They Fought With What They Had. SamMcGowan (talk) 03:06, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

movements of the Belle
Concerning the various locations of the Memphis Belle: the sequence listed in the article is that always given in histories: armory to Mud Island to Millington to Wright-Pat. When I moved to Memphis in 1975, I lived for 2 1/2 years within walking distance of the Belle, and I can personally verify that it was on a pedestal at the armory, on the corner of Hollywood St. and Central Ave., in front of what is now the Children's Museum. I remember the moves to Mud Island and to Millington, and though I couldn't tell you the years, too many people have followed the progress of the aircraft too closely for there to be any question -- there's always debate in the Commercial Appeal over every decision made and each move made, so it should be easy to verify. There were vintage airplanes displayed at the restaurant "91st Bomber Group," which faced Democrat Rd. on the NW corner of the airport complex, near the old location of the TN Air National Guard, now part of FedEx's space. There were planes there, but the Belle was not one of them. It was at that time still at the armory. (Also to my knowledge, never on Mallory, or at the Army depot, at least not from '75 on.) Ragityman (talk) 00:08, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Memphis Belle at IWM Duxford 2011
I have just returned from IWM Duxford and for the American Air Day, there was a B17 Mephis Belle present on the tarmac. It has "extras" fitted which makes me wonder if this is the correct aircraft. Here is a small version of a panorama I took. The kink in the wing is an artifact of the merging process I'm afraid.



--Smmudge (talk) 11:52, 20 August 2011 (UTC)