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Originally Posted by REDCAP50
Hello to all,
I am a junior member on "12 O'clock high!" and I am looking for infomation about:
A B-17 that made a belly landing in the vicinity of Velzeke (near the city of Zottegem) on 13 november 1944.
Five crewmembers bailed out and the pilot and his navigator made a forced landing in a pasture. One of the crewmembers was Ooren BROWN.
I have seen some indistinct photos of the plane..but they were not very readable.
However on the tailgate the two last numbers are . . . 24 , underneath there is the letter "F".
On the fuselage just behind the "star", a letter "G" is clearly visible. I'm interested in the Operation of that day, the squadron & the names of the crewmembers or any information about the warplane.
Thank you very much and greetings from Belgium
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Good evening RedCap !
There were no heavy-bomber missions on this November 13th, 1944 by USAAF. If the date is correct, it must have been a prior of this date landed B-17 under distress circumstances in Belgium. The a/c was probably repaired or fixed and had this day a test flight or it's ferry flight back to England. Then the second distress happened. A photo of the a/c would be helpful for identification matters. My (expected) guess of the event must not be the real one, but under the described circumstances you will not easily find any notes of the event in regular U.S. archives.
Best wishes !
Horst Weber