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1942 WWII US Air Defense Hawaii Bombers Over the Pacific earlu shaktail

Boeing B-17E 41-2403 ditched off Guadalcanal Jan 26, 1943, crew picked up by PBY 5 days later. Plane officially condemned Jul 15, 1944




 
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Douglas-Long Beach B-17F-75-DL 379th BG, 526th BS

Delivered Tulsa 30/7/43; Scott 28/9/43; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-K] Kimbolton 22/11/43; transferred 525BS [FR-K]; Missing in Action Leverkusen 1/12/43 with Chas Thomson, Co-pilot: Bill Stumpff, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Cropp, Ball turret gunner: Wally Kershner, Waist gunner: Don Fraser, Tail gunner: Russell Hatch (6 Prisoner of War), Navigator: Albt Scolnick, Bombardier: Clarry Smith, Radio Operator: Bob Kelker, Waist gunner: Larry Major (4 evaded capture); flak, crash landed Ambrieres-Les-Vallees, 25 miles N of Laval, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1333.









  1. 42-3559 | American Air Museum
  2. 2 Org Fotos Frankreich OISSEAU Flugzeug US B-17 Fortress Bomber Notlandung 12-43 | eBay
 
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So a late F with a chin turret? I'm NOT a B-17 expert by any means but there were evidently late F's the shipped from the factory with a chin turret or were these field mods?
 
Boeing B-17F-100-BO 42-30399 Delivered Cheyenne 27/5/43; Roswell 7/6/43; with Joe Terlizze en route 225 BU Rapid City 2/8/44 crashed 28 miles NE of base; Written off 3/8/44.









Boeing B-17G-100-BO 381st BG, 534th BS returned to USA Jun 7, 1945



 
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42-31031/SR388 was the last B-17F built. Photo location is very likely No. 51 Maintenance Unit (MU) at Lichfield where the majority of withdrawn RAF Fortresses were stored and eventually scrapped. I have several similar photos taken at Lichfield with the same background.
 
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