photos 27oct2011 (part 1 of 2)

[dujardin]

some of my last found

78fg 84fs

381BG

303bg 427bs Molesworth 1944

somewhere

Adak1943

inside quonset hut

AML building

airmen on Jeep

ammo load

crew member with girlssssss

one that i like very much

Heinkel He219 ejection seat

nice PB4-Y

Robert Capa

see you next

 

[deeb7]

Robert Capa

Ah, so there was a real Bob Capa, and not just our member from Melbourne.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Capa

 

[Willy McCoy]

 

[dujardin]

thanks for the photo of the 5ERS

what a damn low pass......

 

[Dr H]

thanks for the photo of the 5ERS

what a damn low pass......

Yup...it had a belly turret last run...

 

[Andrew]

one that i like very much

I like this shot too but in case you weren't aware Marcel the last flight ended tragically.

"B-17 "I'll Get By"

"I'll Get By"
B-17G-55-BO Flying Fortress
s/n 42-102700
412th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force.
Shot down on August 2,1944, all but three crewmembers were killed. Plane was hit in the wing by flak, knocking off the wing tip. The plane veered to left and caught fire, then exploded. They were flying as deputy lead crew for this mission.

Crew on last mission:
Capt. Elmer E. Bockman - command pilot (KIA)
Capt. Robert O. Baber - pilot (KIA)
1stLt. Jasper W. Kaylor - copilot (KIA)
1stLt. Raymond D. Dallas - navigator (KIA)
1stLt. Frank T. Sohn - bombardier (KIA)
T/Sgt. Oscar C. Walrod - engineer/top turret gunner (KIA)
T/Sgt. Robert V. Hill - radio operator (KIA)
S/Sgt. Donald W. Phillips - ball turret gunner (POW)
S/Sgt. Barney Lipkin - waist gunner (POW)
S/Sgt. Walter J. Collyer,Jr. - tail gunner (POW)"

 

[dujardin]

thanks Andrew

i was not aware of this story
will try to put and keep this info in my little brain :lol: