Looking for specific story of Airmen who survived fall in severed tail section of B-17 (Deepcove)

Sorry for the cross post within this Forum and the 381st. I'm looking for a story of two airmen who survived a fall within the severed tail section of their B-17. I recall reading the story earlier this year, but am having a difficult ti

Searching for 709th SGT Swygert (Ozarkozzie)

SGT John C. (Carver) Swygert, Miami, Florida, tail gunner on crew list for Plauen GE, 8 April 1945, "Scheherazade" (LT. F.E. Lehner, pilot). I am looking for any other information on him/crew or individual photo. As a small boy sitting n

Six Thousand Posts (Yunch)

Congradulations Master Sgt. Jim Peters for your 6,000th post. You are a great asset to this forum and I wish you the best for 6,000 more. Of course I helped you to get a few of those when I first came aboard back in 03 when I did'nt k

Mystery B-17 in North Africa (KAKI3152)

I have a picture of a shot down B-17 in what appears to be North Africa. It show German military personnel talking with native men, with a B-17 tail in the background. The serial number on the tail is 42-5357 which I can not match up to any B-17 combat l

Troop Carrier Pilot Photos (Tom22)

Friends, I would like to share with you these photos of a unknown troop carrier pilot that I bought on e-Bay. Looks like to me to be from early spring 1945 time frame around Belgium and France. Any corrections and comments are welco