Unknown crash-landed B-17 in the Reich

[Stig Jarlevik]

First of all I would like to say that all B-17 lists on the net is based upon the research made by Roger Freeman and mostly copied straight from his book The B-17 Flying Fortress Story. Thanks to a many other internet sites (and a few individuals) dedicated to various Bomber Units, a few gaps have been filled in.

Secondly can someone explain the letter partly visible in the picture? Is this the individual code letter we see? Probably a U then? It certainly is not part of the unit code applied to 526BS which was LF.

Finally anyone who tries to go through the US record cards from WW 2 also have to go through the unit records and finally end it all with finding loss registers (MACR is not enough) to get anything resembling a correct picture, knows how hard and time consuming this is. Finding all your work copied on the internet must be simply heart breaking. There are now so many individuals who have stopped doing this due to this theft that it is an incredible loss for us all.

For those still fighting on, my hat is off any day in the week!

Cheers
Stig

[Nick Hector]

Originally Posted by Stig Jarlevik

First of all I would like to say that all B-17 lists on the net is based upon the research made by Roger Freeman and mostly copied straight from his book The B-17 Flying Fortress Story. Thanks to a many other internet sites (and a few individuals) dedicated to various Bomber Units, a few gaps have been filled in.

Secondly can someone explain the letter partly visible in the picture? Is this the individual code letter we see? Probably a U then? It certainly is not part of the unit code applied to 526BS which was LF.

Finally anyone who tries to go through the US record cards from WW 2 also have to go through the unit records and finally end it all with finding loss registers (MACR is not enough) to get anything resembling a correct picture, knows how hard and time consuming this is. Finding all your work copied on the internet must be simply heart breaking. There are now so many individuals who have stopped doing this due to this theft that it is an incredible loss for us all.

For those still fighting on, my hat is off any day in the week!

Cheers
Stig

Stig, acknowledged....

I can delete my earlier post if that is what is required here. Just say so, and I will do it

Nick

[Stig Jarlevik]

Originally Posted by Nick Hector

Stig, acknowledged....

I can delete my earlier post if that is what is required here. Just say so, and I will do it

Nick

Hey Nick

Not you I am after. Sorry if it came out that way. We all use the net. I do too. I suppose it makes us all 'sinners'. I have no good answer to the problem. In this particular case, I simply wanted to honor Roger, knowing what an incredible work he did in his lifetime. There were/are many others....

Cheers
Stig