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The B-17 by the numbers (Terveurn)

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:34:39 GMT

It has been raised several times just how survivable the B-17 was. So if you take a nice mid-war Block of B-17's and do the precentages just what do the numbers show ====================================== So w

305th B 17 '' Butch '' ? (Delancey)

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:14:29 GMT

Here are 2 photos I just received - the only person I can identify in either is my cousin Staff Sergeant William T. Nolan who was shot down and killed on June 13th 1943 in 42-5215 , can anyone ID any other crew mem

National Archives Record Center (LarryJ)

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:22:11 GMT

In todays St Louis Post Dispatch, there was an article about the St Louis National Records Center and some of the conservation efforts being made to recover some of the records burned in the 1973 fire. You may visit the paper and the article a

Coffee Tower Book - does anyone have one for sale? (Mamadukes)

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:23:32 GMT

I am currently looking for the "Coffee Tower" book, my understanding is that it is out of print. I am wondering if anyone out there has one for sale? Thanks, Michelle

Need help about B-24 41-28605 Sinner's Dream (FREDDY)

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:24:34 GMT

I am currently writing a small book on the story of the Sinner's Dream, one of three B-24 lost by 449th on January 30, 1944. The Sinner's Dream was the B-24H-1-DT s/n 41-28605 of 718th Bs who