Outside of buying the Modelcraft Norseman kit, does anybody out there have any specific information about the Noorduyn Norseman Glenn Miller was in when he disappeared? How about sources for 1/48 decals for this airplane? Are there resources to find aircraft data based on its serial number? I believe that particular Norseman was AAF Serial Number 470285, but I haven’t been able to confirm this. Thanks![:D]
Try this site:
Not sure if the Norseman pictured is the plane in question, however.
http://www.militaryairshows.co.uk/unex14.htm
Phil
This is kind of a pet project of mine, although I haven’t done much research on it lately.
The only visual representation of the aircraft which I’ve been able to find is this painting by Mark Postlethwaite:
I dunno what research he did on the bird and I’ve been meaning to contact him about the subject. Anyhoo, I really have no clue how accurate this representation is; being an artist myself I’m the first to be skeptical or critical of artists’ interpretations.
Somewhere I have copies of some of the associated USAAF reports & correspondance regarding the disappearance of Maj. Miller and I’ll try to dig them out in the next day or so.
More to come…
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The old Matchbox Norseman kit in 1/72 has markings purportedly of the a/c Capt. Miller was a passenger in at the time of his disappearance. Hioe that helps.