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Re: Were these ever solved ?
Hello,
This is what I found so far in regard to the B17G.
379BG got both B17F and B17G from May 1943.
AAF order that a/c should henceforth be NMF was 26th December, 1943.
Camouflaged a/c continued in service.
On production lines camouflage was discontinued from B17G-35-BO; B17G-35-DL; B17G-20-VE.
Or so I understand all a/c after these batches were NMF .
The Triangle K came into use from June 1943.
The White Squadron codes came into use from November 1943.
The AAF received its first B17G on 4th September, 1943.
The larger Yellow outer triangle came into use from August 1944.
"Fortresses of the Big Triangle First" lists 24 a/c that served in the 526th BS up until end of March 1944. 13 of these were lost and have MACR's, one was an"Aphrodite" a/c, one was interned in Switzerland.
The other eight were -
42-31043 - LF-L
42-37764 - LF-P
42-38057 - LF-K
42-38058 - LF-C
42-38185 - LF-J
42-39762 - LF-N
42-39789 - LF-W later P
42-39800 - LF-T
So perhaps it was one of these ?
However the photo shows the windows and nose gun side window that I think was of the later B17G-35-BO; B17G-35-DL and B17G-20-VE type ?
Alex
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