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June 3, 2010 at 4:49 pm in reply to: How Low Can You Go?? #1129769

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P-47 Thunderbolt flown by Lt. Richard Sulzbach from the 364th Fighter Squadron, 350th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force. He got a little too low on a strafing run in Italy and flew through a grove of trees. He limped her home over 120 miles.

June 2, 2010 at 12:48 am in reply to: FIFI Fires-Up #1131419

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I got to see FIFI in the air at the CAF’s home field back in the early 1980’s, when they were based in Harlingen,Texas. Even as a little kid I knew I was seeing something very special.

May 29, 2010 at 6:49 am in reply to: Unknown RAF bomber base #1135627

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May 29, 2010 at 6:48 am in reply to: Unknown RAF bomber base #1135631

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The plane on the runway looks like a Lanc to me. I’ll post the larger size for you.

May 29, 2010 at 5:44 am in reply to: Unknown RAF bomber base #1135650

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So that would make this photo taken prior to March 1944, when No. 35 Squadron converted to Lancasters, correct?

May 29, 2010 at 4:50 am in reply to: RAF Beech 'Staggerwing' survivors #1135657

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This aircraft never left the U.S., serving at several bases from 1943 till the end of the war.

Wartime photo.Was originally assigned to U.S. Embassy in London and carried the USAAF serial number 39-139. Impressed into RAF service on May 1,1941.

May 26, 2010 at 3:55 pm in reply to: Engine fire or shadow? #1139178

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I will add that in my opinion, for this to be the photographers plane’s shadow, the photographer would have to be standing on the left wing to take this shot. Look at the direction the sun is hitting at to cause the shadows of the forward turret’s guns.

May 26, 2010 at 3:52 pm in reply to: Engine fire or shadow? #1139182

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Here is some more info on the plane.

Named “Incendiary Journey”
B-29A-45-BN Superfortress
s/n 44-61784
24th Bomb Squadron, 6th Bomb Group, 313th Bomb Wing, 20th Air Force.

If the mods feel that this is too big, please removeit.
Removed the image due to the large file size. Let’s be considerate for those that do not have highspeed setup when trying to view attachments like this

May 26, 2010 at 3:34 pm in reply to: Engine fire or shadow? #1139284

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I can post an even larger size of this photo if that would help.

May 26, 2010 at 5:48 am in reply to: Engine fire or shadow? #1139925

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My question is:
What’s the place with the double moat directly behind the starboard outer?

I think it’s Osaka, but not positive about that.

April 6, 2010 at 10:01 pm in reply to: Plane I.D. help #1123261

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The photo caption in post #11 appears to have the date of 19th Jan 45

Perhaps enlarging it will give the answer?

From your clues, you already have more info but I assume it’s a mid air collision?

Is that a fighter also going down or just the tail section of a B17?

The date on the photo is the publication date. That is the tail section of one of the B-17s.

April 6, 2010 at 6:37 am in reply to: Plane I.D. help #1124398

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Anyone ever seen this B-17 before and know which group it’s from?

The crewmen are,from L-R:
1stLt. Roy J. Murphy – pilot
2ndLt. Norman M. Tesch – copilot
1stLt. John S. McComb – navigator
1stLt. Donald L. McKenna – bombardier

March 29, 2010 at 6:27 am in reply to: Miracle B-17 Makes It Home After Nose Blown Away #1133090

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TBM-3 Avenger from Torpedo Squadron Eighty-Two (VT-82), flying from the carrier USS Bennington (CV-20). The plane in formation above this one was hit by AAA and fell down into it. I don’t know what happened after this photo was taken.

March 29, 2010 at 6:05 am in reply to: Miracle B-17 Makes It Home After Nose Blown Away #1133094

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There are a lot wild crash photos out there.

B-24M-5-FO serial number 44-50468 from the 740th Bomb Squadron, 455th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force. Crashed on take-off from San Giovanni Field, Italy on April 12,1945. Six of the crew were killed.

March 24, 2010 at 5:46 pm in reply to: Plane I.D. help #1138507

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Here’s another one:

I’ve been getting conflicting info on this one. One guy says it was 2 B-17’s from the 306th Bomb Group over Thurleigh on December 15,1944. Another guy says it’s 2 B-17’s from the 305th Bomb Group over Thurleigh on October 22,1944.
I already knew it was near Thurleigh and that these were B-17’s.
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