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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
Schicksal:
Einsätze: 27
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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
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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.
06. April 2024 access_time 13:45
Hi my grandpa was Robert Coates and my father and I are trying to locate his crash site in saverne does anyone have any detailed info on the location?
06. April 2024 access_time 13:45
Hi my grandpa was Robert Coates and my father and I are trying to locate his crash site in saverne does anyone have any detailed info on the location?
06. April 2024 access_time 11:30
Greetings all.
My name is Paul Coates. I am the son of Robert Coates who was the Captain of this B-17 when it crash landed. He has passed away a few years ago. I am most eager to share anyone all the information I have regarding this experience. The Plane did crash land safely on the Allied sign of the line. It was in the same location that his brother was serving in the Army. There is a picture of the two of them standing by the plane. An article of this miraculous event was written up in the Stars and Stripes magazine a short time later. I am headed to France shortly for the first time. One of my key objective is to locate the spot in Saverne where the plane landed. It was a farmers field at the time.
Please email as I would love to share all that our families knows.
– Paul Coates
06. April 2024 access_time 11:37
Bob is there anyway you could reach out to me or I contact you? My Cell is 303-829-Four7Five4