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Hi Kaki. 782 was "Boiler Maker II" came down close to her target ( White IV) after hitting a chimney; apparently she had a wing replaced by the Rumanians from another B-24D which crashed on the mission. This was 42-40265 "Honkey Tonk Gal" an OD / NG plane from the 93BG (targets White II and III). 782 in Sand camouflage had only part of her insignia up-dated, bars on fuselage and plain wing stars. Letter "E", 265 was "W-bar" as she was Eighth AF.
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Thanks Ed
3402_1 :Potez 63-11 n°339 ; was with GAO 517 at the end of April 1940 |
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You're welcome Bertrand.
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Post 3408 photo 1.
B-17F 42-29776 (379BG) lost on Mission 115 to Schweinfurt Oct. 14 1943; MACR 1353 and Mission summary says collided head-on with a 109 though the 379th lead bombardier and the service record of radio operator on 776 (J M Ehrenzeller) say a 190. Amazingly a waist gunner survived as POW. The 379th lost 6 from 17 dispatched. Codes WA-F (524BS). Nick |
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Thanks Nick. Yes, amazing things happened during the war. A lot of high-speed attackers and being under fire usually leads to some confusion.
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Photo album - mixed content
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The Battle is K9390/JN-I of 150 Sqn, lost on 10 May 1940.
The crew were interned, but soon returned back to the RAF. |
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Thank you Andy.
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3418_1 : Potez 631 n°31 of Escadrille AC1 wrecked on 18 june 1940 at Lanvéoc-Poulmic
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Ed----Post 3419. Only 3 B-17Gs shown here, all 463BG / Fifteenth AF; all from 775BS. If I remember right as the Group had no squadron identification a few (at least in the 773 / 775BSs) had the last number ie. 3 or 5, in a square on fin and left wing-tip. One with "3" on tail and wing was 44-6784.
In the photos 42-97912 is "Purple Heart Kid" damaged over Austria and salvaged. 42-97742 is a Pathfinder and survived. 44-6763 has the Group's late-war yellow rudder, not all planes marked up though; she survived. It was quite common in the Fifteenth to decorate the vertical tails in various ways, 44-6880 and 44-6398 "Bucket Bunny" had their targets marked on there. Nick |
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Thank you Nick and Bertrand.
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The identity of Battle RH-R shown in the above post eludes me. Anyone please?
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Hi Andy. There's an RH-R L5519 on here but the one in the photo seems to have been abandoned (not sure if the man is German ?).
Nick http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/88_squadron.html#1005 |
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That Fairey Battle 'RH-R' is K9352, destroyed in a bombing raid on Mourmelon-le-Grand airfield on 10 May 1940 as per the entry for it on my website.
https://martinaviationpages.com/ Regards, Martin Gleeson. |
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Thanks to Nick and Martin for their answers.
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Hello Ed,
The series of photographs of the two FFI ladies. Any idea as to who they were and why they received such a tremendous welcome ? https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/s/?...da21&safe=1&zw Thanks Alex |
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Hi Alex,
I have no idea. Best, Ed |
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Post 3428.
Photo 1. B-17G 42-32004 (388BG) "Pride of the Yanks" came down in the North Sea on 20 June 1944 on Mission 425 to Magdeburg. Their "H" had a high cross-bar which looked like "M" from a distance. Photo 2. F-5G 44-26235 conversion from P-38L at the Dallas / Love Field Modification Centre Texas."64" is factory production number. Photo 5. Col. J. D. Landers 78FG c/o before all his victory flags (Japanese and German) were marked up; extra decoration was added, white-black check wing tips, red spinner back plate and anti-glare border, red-black fin tip and serial moved to fin. Photos 3-4. Both photos were apparently taken in the States by S./Sgt. Paul Litvinoff from the Military Intelligence Service (there's a photo of him with an Eighth AF patch). B-17G 42-38180 was stripped for transition training; B-25 43-3416 was a "D" conversion to F-10 Photo but the tail gun position is an H / J ? The caption says used for photo flights, probably mapping in 1945; Litvinoff was a professional photographer and took other photos of B-17s in the States with the same insignia on the noses. They had 2- or 3-digit numbers. The mountain may be the Rockies and the gunner is sitting on a bomb. Nick |
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thanks Ed
3437_1 : Spitfire Vb BL471, VZ-?, 412 sqdn, shot down during escort for Bostons -circus 116B- on 24 march 1942 with sqdn/ldr Morrison KIA 3437_4 : Bloch 152 n° 605 of GC II/9 3ème esc. Lost on 3 june 1940 with sergent Georges Lepage |
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3437 " Could be" VZ-T looking at the photo
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Post 3436. Some identified.......
1. B-17G 42-97121 "Calamity Jane" 92BG (JW-G) MIA 28/8/44 (Flak) came down in Sweden. 2. B-17F 41-24467 "The Grim Reaper"/ "Blasted Event", 306BG ex. 305th. MIA Germany 17/4/43. 3. B-17G 42-31118 "Lady Millicent II" 96BG (BX-U) Salvaged 13/1/44. 4. B-17G 42-38117 "Touch the Button Nell II" 381BG (MS-T) MIA France 4/7/44 (mechanical fault). 5. B-17G 43-38127 "Pair of Queens Gee & Bee" 381BG MS-Q survived 67 missions. 6. B-17G 43-38464 "Hare's Breadth" 385BG survived. 8. P-47D 42-25902 "Frosty" 48FG written off 15/8/44 at A4 Deux-Jumeaux, France. 10. B-17F 42-30604 "Badger Beauty V" 100BG (LN-F) ex. 306th. MIA 4/10/43 (Flak) France. 12. Probably P-38J not F-5; 8PRS / 6PRG Luzon-Okinawa 1945. Group emblem of black diving hawk on booms, usually on fins on F-5s and F-7s. Red-white-blue trim. 13. B-17G 43-38027 "Batchelor's Delight" 486BG (3R-R) survived; photo taken at Troston (1 Strategic Air Depot) formerly known as Honington until 2/44 and changed as 364FG was based there. Nick |
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