42-37839 Little Willie - 42-37839 | American Air Museum
WEBNicknames: Little Willie; Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress; Production block number: B-17G-15-DL Fortress; Manufacturer: Douglas; Markings & paint scheme: -D The image is not associated with this serial number/ aircraft. This aircraft is not the aircraft with this nosevart but rather mis-associated by the fact it is the a/c that FO Dopod was ...
42-3548 Little Willie - American Air Museum
WEBNicknames: Little Willie; Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress; Production block number: G-5-DL; Manufacturer: Douglas; Markings & paint scheme: Olive drab over gray. The preponderance of evidence suggest this a 388th BG plane although it went missing with a 385th BG crew. 388th BG SITE lists it as theirs.
B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-37839 / Little Willie
WEBNot much help, but if you haven’t read the essay by James Warner called “In the Beginning” he recounts how they added some armor plate to Little Willie before its first mission in 1943. It’s included in the book 388th Anthology Vol 1 …
Can anyone help me identifying this B-17? (Markings on Rudder: …
WEBSep 29, 2023 · The markings on the Rudder reads, as seen in the picture: A 239822 O (or maybe a 0, can't tell the difference). If anyone can identify this airplane, and tell me to which unit it belonged and when it was shot down, I'd greatly appreciate that. I have very little knowledge about American unit markings etc., so forgive me if my question seems stupid.
The story behind the horrific photo of the B-17 Flying Fortress …
WEBApr 20, 2020 · Taken on Apr. 8, 1945 the horrific, main image of this post is one of the iconic pictures of the American daylight bombing campaign over Germany. The photograph shows a B-17 Flying Fortress from USAAF 322nd Bombardment Squadron with one wing blown off, plummeting to its doom.
B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-37839 / Little Willie
WEBB-17 #42-37839 / Little Willie: Delivered Tulsa 20/9/43; Gr Island 14/10/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG [ -D] Knettishall 26/10/43; Missing in Action Berlin 9/3/44 with Bernie Dopko, Co-pilot: Gene Krifka, Navigator: Glenn Cederstrom, Bombardier: Bill Kelly, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Naber, Radio Operator: Wilson Gabel, Ball turret gunner: Ed Rydell, Waist gunner: Dick Herzberg, Waist ...
Asisbiz 91st Bombardment Group historical photographs and images
WEBAug 17, 2023 · The B-17 may have first seen combat in American markings in the Philippines, but it would earn its enduring fame with the Eighth Air Force, based in England and fighting over Occupied Europe. The story of the B-17 would become the story of the VIII Bomber Command (later Eighth Air Force) strategic heavy …
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - Wikipedia
WEBThe Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). A fast and high-flying bomber of its era, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater of Operations and dropped more bombs than any other aircraft during World War II.
B-17 Flying Fortress part 4 - World War Photos
WEB452nd Bomb Group, 731st BS B-17 “FLAKSTOP” during raid on Berlin 6 March 1944
42-38201 - American Air Museum
WEBMar 8, 2024 · Markings & paint scheme: The Long Beach block G-30-DL was the last of the factory camouflaged B-17G from there. The unpainted components may have been introduced at the factory or later in the aircraft's service.
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