Produktionsblock:
B-17G-80-BO: 43-38074 bis 43-38273
Hersteller:
Boeing
- Bomber-Gruppe:
- 381st Bomb Group
- Bomber-Staffel:
- 534th Bomb Squadron
- RCL: GD-D
Einsätze: 27
Geschichte der
B-17 43-38158 / Smashing Time!
Delivered Cheyenne 1/7/44; Kearney 11/7/44; Dow Fd 20/7/44; Assigned: 534BS/381BG [GD-D] Ridgewell 26/7/44; forced landing base 17/12/44 Pilot: John Rice; battle damage {27m} Aschaffenburg 21/1/45 w/Bradley; f/l Sauverne, Fr; Salvaged. 28/2/45. SMASHING TIME!
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 18. November 2018
12. Oktober 2019 access_time 2:48
HIi there.
My mother is the lady in the picture(now passed) who christened the Smashing Time bomber in the photo. I have the originals and more. She told me a few stories during her time serving.
Feel free to contact me by phone or email.
My mother Was Cynthia isabelle May Burvill. Then married to David Bridge Williams a bomb disposal chap in the Army. Then married my father Frank Patrick Wiltshire who has also passed.He was in the glyder regiment. Hope this is of interest. Thanks
17. März 2021 access_time 5:58
Hi Clinton, thank you for that information. My uncle Chas Tryka , navigator in Bob Coates crew ,533rd BS was shot down in “Smashing Time” on 1/21/1945 Aschaffenburg mission crash landing in Saverne, France. MIA . All crew returned safely 3 days later with
help I believe by French Underground. The rest of crew were: CP: Bill Pettit, B: Joe Walsh, RO: Miles Bruner, TT: Keith Halstead, RW: John Andrews, BT: Pat Keenan, TG: Herb Lovenson. In all, my uncle flew 35 misssions. Last on 3/05/1945. All crewmembers remained lifetime friends. Best wishes to you.