eBay: Allied intrest

[Alex Smart]

Hi stig,

From JB's lists -
Douglas-Long Beach B-17G-25-DL Fortress.
38078 delivered Denver Dec 6, 1943, Savannah Dec 23, 1943. Assigned to 347th BS, 99th BG Jan 7, 1944.
Transferred to 429th BS, 2nd BG at Amendola Mar 28, 1944. Named "Sweet Pea". Suffered direct hit by flak Sep 21, 1944 on mission
to Debreczen, Hungary, killing 2 crewmen and wounding two. Pilot was able to bring it home and landed
safely at home base at Amendola, Italy. Aircraft was repaired and flew again, ending its career as a
hack aircraft. FortLog has the plane crashlanding at Bari, Italy Jun 1, 1945 and being destroyed by fire

From the "FortLog"
42-38078 Del Denver 6/12/43; Savannah 23/12/43; ass 347BS/99BG 7/1/44; {14m} tran 429BS/2BG
Amendola 28/3/44; severe b/d Debreczen 21/9/44 w/Guy Miller, cp-Tom Rybovich, n-Theo Davich, b-Bob
Mullen, ettg-Tony Ferrera{wia}, ro-Bill Stueck, wg-Jim McGuire, ?? (8RTD); wg-Jim Totty, tg-Elmer Buss
(2KIA); c/l base and broke in half, then after repair aircraft was flown again by Miller 1/12/44; flown w/Bill
Morton 1/6/45 c/l Bari, Italy, destroyed by fire. SWEET PEA.