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1402nd Base Unit, Bovingdon 112, England, Mid-air Collision 31 March 1945 (CW4 Strickland)

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:32:01 GMT

On 31 March 1945, a B-17G (42-37850) and C-47B (43-48506) had a midair collision while both were turning downwind in the traffic pattern with loss of all on board. On board the B-17 was flight engineer "PFC Emma Jane Windham", my Aunt.&nb

15th Air Force 365 Bomb Squadron Italy (jnor)

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:44:52 GMT

Looking for info about my dad. (James Norris Newark, Ohio) He was on a B24 Crew in Italy. I have a pic of his plane...square on tail at top. black halfway up from bottom. My dad died 10 years ago, thought it would be nice to find some info on his AAF d

B-17 named Sad Sack 1942 (DaveT)

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:55:14 GMT

I'm looking for information about a B-17 named "Sad Sack" photo attached from Columbus Mississippi Flying School class book 1942 I would like to know the serial number of this plane, units assigned and what happened to it. Thanks in advance DaveT

B-17G ''Strictly Baggage'' (chobi)

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:43:12 GMT

Hello, I'm looking for any info, serial number and hopefully additional photos of this particular B-17: http://www.reddog1944.com/MERRIFIELD_414th_files/image066.jpg It probably belonged to the 97th or maybe 2nd BG, Amendola

15th AF, 97th Bomb Group, 340th Bomb Squadron (mydad)

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:41:30 GMT

Hi, I just found this forum and wanted to post some info on my dad. He was stationed in Foggia during 1944 / 45. He was a navigator on B17 in the 15th AF, 97th Bomb Group, 340th Bomb Squadron. I know he flew 35 missions, mostly into Germany with RR and