Quote:
Originally Posted by Buckeye30
She went to the 43BG Aug. 5 then back to the 19BG next day. By that time the red should have been painted out in the insignia as aircrews certainly believed it could be confused with the Jap sun.
Regarding the lettering underwing, the 97BG B-17Es which flew the first Eighth AF mission Aug. 17 to France still had US ARMY there.
Nick
|
Thanks so much again, Nick. I really appreciate your information. I had not realized that the first 8th Air Force mission to Rouen August 17, 1942 that the 97th BG B-17E's had U.S. ARMY painted underneath the wings. Maybe I just hadn't noticed before.
"Chief Seattle" sure wasn't in theater long at all before she went down. Nick, do you have the book Ken's Men Volume 1 The B-17 Era by Lawrence Hickey, Steve Birdsall, and others? I can't put it down and the photos and research in that book is mind blowing.
James