eBay: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

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WW2 USAAF, 42-98017 "ALL ER NOTHING" CRASH 490TH BG PRESS TYPE PHOTO U300 | eBay

42-98017 | American Air Museum in Britain B-17G-40-VE 42-98017 All Er' Nothin' Delivered Dallas 2/5/44; Kearney 16/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 849BS/490BG [W8-N] Eye 2/8/44; crash landed base with Eaden Whiteman 23/2/45 but repaired and back to operations; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 25/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 9/12/45. ALL 'ER NOTHIN'.



 
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WW2 USAAF 42-31619 401BG CRASHED ISLE OF BORNHOLM DENMARK PRESS TYPE PHOTO | eBay

MIA against Stettin 24-05-44 That Sweet Thing , AKA BTO in the ETO , all interned

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WW2 USAAF B-17 43-37794 SNETTERTON 96TH BG PRESS TYPE PHOTO | eBay

43-37794 | American Air Museum in Britain Delivered Cheyenne 22/5/44; Hunter 1/6/44; Grenier 9/6/44; Assigned 447BG Rattlesden 11/6/44; transferred 337BS/96BG [AW-T] Snetterton 12/6/44; Missing in Action Weisbaden 19/9/44 with Ray Bauman, Co-pilot: Harry Culver, Navigator: John Sullivan, Bombardier: Don Nyderall, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas McKinnel, Radio Operator: Bilen Bolech, Ball turret gunner: Les Freeman, Waist gunner: Joe Wahner,Tail gunner: Edwin Neal (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Dotzheim, W of Weisbaden, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10202.

 
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WW2 USAAF, B-17G 42-38005 CRASHED NR OSTERHOLM DENMARK PRESS TYPE PHOTO U321 | eBay

Plane 326 B17 42-38005 Stormy Weather - At Østerholm, Als : "On 24th May 1944 at 14:25 the American bomber "Stormy Weather" made a crash landing in the field hollow at the farm Skærtoft and the house Myrholm at Nørreskoven on Als. The aircraft was a B17G "Flying Fortress" and was part of the United States 8th Air Force, 351st Bomb Group, based at Polebrook, England. (Tom Clay adds that his father flew in 509th Bombardment Squadron.)

The lead aircraft for this day "Stormy Weather" was on a mission to Berlin when trouble occurred with two of the four engines. As the aircaft lost height, the pilot, Capt. Robert Clay handed over the leadership of the group to the aircraft, second in command. Capt. R. Clay ordered to drop the bombs and decided to return to his base in England.

Over Heligoland a third engine was hit by FLAK and as the pilot found it impossible to cross the North Sea with only one active engine, he turned the aircraft at set course for Sweden. When the aircraft passed the island of Als the height was so low that a landing was essential. Above Lillebælt the pilot turned the aircraft towards northern Als and ordered the crew to bail out. 8 of the crew bailed out over the village of Svenstrup but as Capt. Clay had no parachute he and the co-pilot 1.st Lt Frank Hatten crash landed "Stormy Weather" under dramatic circumstances with only one engine running. (See photo of the plane shortly after the forced landing.)

The entire crew survived as POWs in the prisoner of war camp Stalag III and returned to the USA, when the Germans capitulated and the war in Europe ended.
In gratitude for your effort during World War II and the liberation of Europe a memorial has been erected."

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WW2 USAAF, B-17 44-83684 PRESS TYPE PHOTO U323 | eBay

Baugher: Douglas/Long Beach B-17G-90-DL converted to DB-17G and then to DB-17P. Flew the last operational mission by a USAF B-17 Aug 6, 1959 when it directed QB-17G 44-83717 out of a Holloman AFB as a target for a Falcon air-to-air missile fired by an F-101. Retired to MASDC Aug 1959.Sold on civilian market as N3713G. Used in 'Twelve O'Clock High' TV series as 'Picadilly Lily'. Later flown in various movies. Withdrawn from use in 1975. On display at Planes of Fame museum in Chino, CA as "Picadilly Lily II" Will be restored to flying condition with sponsorship from Ruby's Diner chain. Registration N3713G was revoked but has been restored by FAA Oct 30, 2006.



 
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