Hi All,
I remmeber get some letters way back in the mid-80s from a guy who told me that one of the RAF B-17C wreck on a side of a Mountain in Europe and that around 75% of it was still left intact.
I check my source for the #90 Squadron RAf and I know that at least two where lost one possiable in Neatherlands.
So does this ring any bells for anyone and if it is true how much is left and is it fesbialbe for a recovery. The guy told me that it was a hard site to do a recovery because how it was sitting on a ledge. Sorry don’t have the letters anymore 🙁
Cheers
RER
By: Nermal - 21st February 2005 at 12:12
There is an outside chance that parts of AN529 WP-C may still exist in the desert (force-landed intact Nov 8 1941) on a raid to Tobruk…
Maybe, probably not…http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28004
By: paulmcmillan - 21st February 2005 at 09:11
There is an outside chance that parts of AN529 WP-C may still exist in the desert (force-landed intact Nov 8 1941) on a raid to Tobruk…
By: paulmcmillan - 21st February 2005 at 08:42
If you want a B-17C I suggest.. AN530 WP-F, NF-F (40-2066) ‘struck of charge Sep 11th 1943’ and a reference has ‘buried at Benbecula’ –
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/benbecula/airport/
You can then tell me if the C/N is 2075 (which I think it is, rather than the often quoted C/N 2067).
By: Snapper - 20th February 2005 at 17:52
In the Netherlands they make mountains out of molehills.
By: Manonthefence - 20th February 2005 at 16:47
Oh bugger another keyboard bites the dust.
By: Flood - 20th February 2005 at 16:24
75% intact, then?
Someone was having a laugh…
Flood
By: HP57 - 20th February 2005 at 16:09
Where did they use corrugated iron on B-17s?
Chris,
It was general practise in US avaiation industry pre-war to strenghten the wings with corrugated inner skins, the Ventura had similar construction.
HTH
Cees
By: Andy in Beds - 20th February 2005 at 16:03
Where did they use corrugated iron on B-17s?
The early ones were built under license by Junkers.
By: ...starfire - 20th February 2005 at 16:01
Where did they use corrugated iron on B-17s?
By: Andy in Beds - 20th February 2005 at 15:58
Pics from AN525, WP-D: http://home.no.net/kjellsor/bygland.html
Now that will be a data plate rebuild.
How much of the original structure do you think the rebuild will contain?
By: ...starfire - 20th February 2005 at 15:54
Pics from AN525, WP-D: http://home.no.net/kjellsor/bygland.html
A second B17 was lost during the attack north of Stavanger, not quite a remote location.
By: Flood - 20th February 2005 at 15:49
Suspect this is about AN525, WP-D of 90Sqn, which was attacked by two Bf109s at 25,000ft and subsequently crashed in mountainous countryside in Norway, with the loss of all crew. The Italian AF apparently sent a team (probably at the invitation of the Germans – see the last post here: http://p069.ezboard.com/fluftwaffeexperten71774frm60.showMessage?topicID=51.topic) to examine the wreckage in 1941, but with the deaths of all the crew and the assumption that the fighting took place en-route from 25,000ft I can’t see there being a great deal left over – especially after being picked over as a new type by Axis examiners.
Flood
By: HP57 - 20th February 2005 at 15:47
No, that B-17C is lying on a moutain in Norway. It was discussed earlier IIRC,
If only you knew about the Dutch mountains. They even wrote a song about them.
Cheers
Cees
By: Manonthefence - 20th February 2005 at 15:32
A B-17C sitting on a ledge on a mountain in Holland
Pass me the Scotch chaps i’m going to get her this time!!!
By: EHVB - 20th February 2005 at 13:33
No mountains here in Holland. but we have the IJselmeer/(once known as) Zuiderzee. Much better for aircraft wrecks than mountains :diablo:
BW Roger
By: ...starfire - 20th February 2005 at 13:05
Netherlands / Holland or Norway?
AFAIK the Netherlands don´t have any mountain at all … 😮 Do you know this website? http://home.no.net/kjellsor/
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