Center Instrument Panel (left) Front view (right) rearview
Charles Darby adds:
"All instruments were missing from the B-17 when I first visited it, with
the sole exception of the one showing in the photos of the left panel. When I
visited the wreck, the panels looked like the instruments had been removed
carefully with the correct tools --- they weren't butchered-out.
Someone had started to remove a control wheel, but either run out of time or
needed a different tool. My impression was the latter, which again suggests the
work of someone with a bit of respect for equipment, rather than just a casual
souvenir-hunter."