Produktionsblock:
B-17F-25-DL: 42-3074 bis 42-3148
Hersteller:
Douglas
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 351st Bomb Group
- 95th Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 334th Bomb Squadron
- 359th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: BG-C, YB-N
Einsätze: 13+
Geschichte der
B-17 42-3090 / T’aint A Bird
Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/43; en route to UK aircraft force landed Clonakilty, N. Ireland 7/4/43 with Bill Thomas, Co-pilot: Jim Stapleton, Navigator: Bill Prochaska, Bombardier: Collis Hayes, Ball turret gunner: Floyd Thompson frost-bitten feet, Radio Operator: Carl Cameron, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Rex Neely, Waist gunner: Guy Tice, Waist gunner: Arlie Arneson,Tail gunner: Bill Whitcombe (10 Returned to Duty); Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-C] Alconbury 2/5/43; 1m (Ball turret gunner: J.R. Miller Wounded in Action), transferred 359BS/351BG [YB-N] Polebrook 17/6/43; suffered battle damage and sent to 2 BAD CCRC on return 10/11/43; Salvaged 18/6/45 13+m. T’AINT A BIRD.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 12. April 2019
12. April 2019 access_time 13:44
Taint a Bird, (42-3090), was my great uncles plane, Bill Prochaska, Bombardier, they had to make an emergency landing in Ireland and that landing is still celebrated today, the monkey they brought with them died there while they were waiting to get picked up. Another one of his planes Taint a bird II (42-30342) ended up being part of the Aphrodite program. He was shot down and crashed 5-6 times in the war, including one where he crashed off the coast of Spain, Harley Charley, (42-3267) and became a POW after getting shot down in the second Schweinfurt raid, Trouble Shooter, (42-30135). He ended up at stalog 7a and lived through the war. When he got back to the states, he got another monkey.
02. August 2020 access_time 18:38
My father, Guy Tice, was on this plane and the first one off the plane. Tasked with “interviewing” the farmer whos field they landed on. They had serious concerns they had landed on unfriendly soil. As can be imagined the crew were greatly relieved to learn they landed in neutral Ireland.
09. März 2022 access_time 17:45
Hi I watched the interview of your dad Guy Tice some time ago and I have always had an interest in Taint a Bird. I grew up in Clonakilty my mother told me about the plane that had landed in Whites marsh Inchdony Clonakilty she would have gone to view it as we only lived about 2 miles away. I wrote to your dad back in the 90s and he acknowledged my letter I would have loved to have met him however the interview with him joined a lot of the questions I wanted answered. These pilots and aircrew of the Flying Fortress are the unsung heroes of WW2 they were very brave men.
Kind Regards
Joe
10. März 2022 access_time 20:00
Thank you Joe. That interview is a real treasure to our family and has much good information in it. Dad had a lot of fun in the ’90s with the book Only A Paper Moon being published. He spoke fondly of his return trip to Clonakilty which he referenced in his interview. It is nice to know the bravery and sacrifice of all people involved in the fight against the Axis Powers won’t soon be forgotten.
Thanks again,
Greg T.
30. Oktober 2020 access_time 11:53
This is a really interesting event as Ireland was a neutral country. The crew should’ve been interned for the duration of the war. However they were not. I learned about T’aint a Bird when visiting Clonakilty in 1993. The crew stayed in the Donovan Hotel and left various things besides Toto the monkey.
You can find more at this link, scroll down past the famous people.
https://www.odonovanshotel.com/en-US/history
20. Dezember 2020 access_time 10:28
Weird tale about this incident in a Sep 11, 2019 Craig Bowman article in warhistoryonline.com: “When they saw local Irish folk descending upon them, they allegedly prepared themselves to resist capture by swallowing cyanide capsules. Fortunately, this desperate measure was not required.”
10. März 2022 access_time 20:06
A weird tale indeed. The fact my Dad was the first person off the plane and never mentioned anything regarding cyanide capsules in the 70+ years after the war makes me question the veracity of this information. It’s a great tale but I don’t think it is true.