b17 identification

Hi! I have a family mystery I hope someone one here can solve. I've been trying to identify my Great Uncle's B-17 from WW2 to no avail. I have some pictures attached, but they have limited information. One picture has a little bit of the nose art that I hope will help identify it. His name...

We have a piece of a B-17 that we found on the old Rougham airfield site. It’s not a huge piece but there are these various numbers stamped on it, so we’re trying to ID which plane it may have come from. We’ve looked at the serial numbers of B-17s stationed at Rougham, but can’t find anything...

Hey everyone, I need some help with identifying a certain B-17 Bomber. These pictures are from a German propaganda newsreel, No. 698 from January 20th, 1944. According to the voice-over, this bomber was shot down on January 15th, 1944, but seeing this is a Propaganda newsreel, this is not...

B-17G 4-231188, 447 BG, 709 BS based at Rattlesden, Suffolk. The “Dead Man’s Hand” a 111 mission “Century“ A/C. Shot down by a ME 262 on 4/19/45. Airplane was bombing Pirna near Dresden, Germany. The Crew bailed out and the co-pilot was not heard from afterwards, Lt Harold Cramer, My uncle Lt...

Hi, I am new here at the forum and I am looking for information about my two B17 engines which have been recovered from the North Sea near WILHELMSHAVEN some years ago. Due to about 70 years in the sea this two engines are heavyly corroded: No data plates are available any more. I would...