305 Bomber Group
Page 4 of 15 - A few new B-17 pictures - posted in MILITARY AIRCRAFT & AVIATION: Here is a nice one. Taken after a snow fall. VIRGINIA LEE II a B-17G 42-97064 flew with the 711th BS 447BG This plane landed in Switzerland on 13 April 1944 after being hit by flak on a mission to Augsburg. The pilot was Capt. Keller. Steve
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Heavy WWII Bomber Downloadable cardmodel from Fiddlersgreen
"Schnozzle" (VE-M) Lockheed/Vega B-17G-10-VE Flying Fortress Serial number 42-40011 534th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force Lost in collision over the airfield with B-17G (s/n 42-97511) named "Egg Haid" on January 21,1945. They were returning from the mission to Aschaffenburg, Germany when they collided while in the circuit to land. Both planes were complete losses and all 18 men were killed, though one man was found alive on the ground, he died later that day. Both crews were from the 532nd Bomb Squadron. "Schnozzle" crew on 21 January: F/O Val J. Crofts - Pilot (T-62241) Indiana ....................KIFA - buried in Cambridge American Cemetery F/O Nicholas F. Tauro - Co-Pilot (T-62563) ....................KIFA F/O Seymour L. Sobole - Navigator (T-128479) ....................KIFA S/Sgt. Edward L. Jones - Togglier (34635726) Mississippi ....................KIFA - buried in Cambridge American Cemetery S/Sgt. Morris A. Shapiro - Radio Operator (32716674) New York ....................KIFA - buried in Cambridge American Cemetery S/Sgt. Gildo Panaccione - Engineer/Top Turret Gunner (20155280) Rhode Island ....................KIFA - buried in Cambridge American Cemetery Sgt. Allen Taylor - Ball Turret Gunner (34799886) Florida ....................KIFA - buried in Black Pond Baptist Church Cemetery in Middleburg, FL Sgt. John P. York - Waist Gunner (39342343) Oregon ....................KIFA - buried in Cambridge American Cemetery Sgt. Milton B. Swartz - Tail Gunner (12239685) ....................KIFA "Egg Haid" (MS-K) Lockheed/Vega B-17G-15-VE Flying Fortress s/n 42-97511 2nd Lt. James E. Smith - Pilot (O-825699) ....................KIFA F/O William A. Dernberger - Co-Pilot (T-126632) West Virginia ....................KIFA - buried in Cambridge American Cemetery 2nd Lt. Charles F. Soper - Navigator (O-2066057) ....................KIFA Sgt. Bernard L. McCudden - Togglier (17168727) Michigan ....................KIFA - buried in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery in Ann Arbor, MI S/Sgt. Peter J.Durban, Jr. - Radio Operator (35340868) Ohio ....................KIFA - buried in Cambridge American Cemetery S/Sgt. Virgil L. Gray - Engineer/Top Turret Gunner (36500340) Michigan ....................KIFA - buried in Pleasant View Cemetery in Petersburg, MI Sgt. Donald T. Wilson - Ball Turret Gunner (33763717) Pennsylvania ....................KIFA - buried in Bedford Cemetery in Bedford, PA Sgt. Ralph E. Campbell - Waist Gunner (36690720) ....................KIFA Sgt. Walter A. Streich - Tail Gunner (39218269) Washington ....................KIFA - buried in Cambridge American Cemetery
B-17 Flight Experience
A shot of the B-17 named "Lady Liberty" with her tail shot off, going down. See the previous photo for more info.
Posts about B-17 written by Pierre Lagacé
Lost another B-17
Van Gilder Aviation Photography, B-17 Walkthrough
Boeing B-17G-70-BO Flying Fortress Serial number 43-37716 She got the name "Five Grand" at the factory due to her being the 5,000th B-17 to roll off Boeing's Seattle factory floor. She went to England and had to make a belly landing due to hydraulic failure before even flying a mission. She was repaired and assigned to the 96th Bomb Group, flying 78 combat missions with all of the Boeing employees signatures still on her. After the war she returned to the U.S. and was scrapped at Kingman,AZ.
B-17G Swoose II, with Margo Kurtz about to break a bottle of champagne( suspended from the propeller blade) and break it on the propeller boss. Her husband, Lt. Col. Frank Kurtz, is standing next to her.
JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post I've long been an admirer of the Boeing B-17 aircraft and have posted about it on this blog a number of times. Today I just wanted to share some images of the aircraft's production...
