Source:
www.fold3.com
| General | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | Douglas |
| Production-Block: | , B-17G-45-DL: 44-6126 to 44-6250 |
| Operational History | |
|---|---|
| Bomb Group: | , 91st Bomb Group |
| Bomb Squadron: | , 324th Bomb Squadron |
| RCL | DF-J/Q |
| Fate: |
, Returned to the USA (31 May 1945) |
| Missions: | 71 |
History of
B-17 44-6151 / Shure Hot
Delivered Tulsa 16/5/44; Kearney 27/5/44; Dow Fd 6/6/44; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-J/Q] Bassingbourn 7/6/44; slight mid-air collision over Peterborough with 42-107040 but returned to base with Tom Martin 5/12/44; {71m} Returned to the USA Bradley 31/5/45; Sth Plains 3/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45. SHURE SHOT.
B-17 44-6151 / Shure Hot Details
Original image caption:
Two Flying Fortresses collided in mid-air over England recently but due excellent piloting, both were able to land safely at their home base. This photo shows damaged rudder and verticle fin beeing inspected by part of the fortunate crew. Tail gunner, S/Sgt. Michael Fenchek, New Castle, Pa., is standing over the tail position; T/Sgt. Raymond Bisson, Barre, Vt., radio operator; and S/Sgt. Gladyes Wallace, Alameda, Calif., waist gunner stand on the ground. Other Forts’s horizontal stabilizer crashed into this plane’s tail.
The other B-17 was #42-107040.
This page was last updated on 24 February 2018
10. February 2024 access_time 11:39
The nickname is spelled ‘Sure Shot’.