{"id":54,"date":"2015-12-26T19:43:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T18:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/webarbeiten\/b17\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2022-07-03T14:14:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T12:14:20","slug":"b-17f","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/versionen\/b-17f\/","title":{"rendered":"B-17F"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The main difference between the E and F models was the wider propeller blades with which the new model was equipped and which gave it better flight performance. The F model was produced in much larger numbers by three different manufacturers. Minor changes in details were made at each factory. The manufacturer was encoded in a suffix added to the model and block: BO stood for Boeing, VE for Lockheed Vega, and DL for Douglas. This made it clear that an aircraft with the designation &#8220;B-17F-50 VE&#8221; had been manufactured by Lockheed.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_11236\" class=\"b17img-caption wp-caption mx-auto aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: 100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11236 size-new_medium\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/b-17_42-5077_-600x401.jpg\" alt=\"B-17F-30-BO #42-5077 'Delta Rebel No. 2' \/\/ [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/b-17_42-5077_-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/b-17_42-5077_-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/b-17_42-5077_-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/b-17_42-5077_-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/b-17_42-5077_.jpg 842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><div class=\"wp-caption-wrapper\"><p class=\"wp-caption-text text-center\"><small>B-17F-30-BO #42-5077 &#8216;Delta Rebel No. 2&#8217; \/\/ [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons<\/small><\/p><\/div><\/div>The B-17F&#8217;s arrived in England in August 1942 and were destined to fly throughout 1943. However by the summer of 1944 they were a rare sight on operational bases. The planes were subsequently re-modifed by the idividual bases to cope with the unique problems that com to light in air combat. The aircraft, designed and tested in warmer climes, had to cope with the extremly low temperatures and high humidity of altitude flight. Problems encountered in the first few missions: the brushes in the electrical generators frozen up, the ball turret would not rotate, guns jammed, there was blind spot in the forward zone of fire and the tail was very heavy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-3\"><small>Werbung\/Advertisement<\/small><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8860322341892117\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"7270855245\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;To find out at the beginning as us tried as one attacks the B-17 best, tried we bomb to and so on everything, even the bombers bombs. But we found out that the best tactics consisted in attacking her from the front and we used the 190s for it as end of &#8217;43. The time at which you could shoot was very short since the approach-speed was very high. But, when you have hit the B-17 from the front, you have hit the cockpit or the engines mostly. There were only four 190s groups after this time which attacked from behind, which were called the &#8220;storm troops&#8221;. If the B-17 didn&#8217;t burn or the garrison didn&#8217;t jump down, then these 190s rammed the bombers at the tail unit or the rudder.&#8221;<br \/>\nWalter Krupinski<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_958\" class=\"b17img-caption wp-caption mx-auto aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 547px; width: 100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-958 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-657-6304-24_Luftwaffe_Modelle_eines_Bombers_und_J\u00e4gers.jpg\" alt=\"Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-657-6304-24 \/ Meschke \/ CC-BY-SA 3.0 [CC BY-SA 3.0 de (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/de\/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons\" width=\"547\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-657-6304-24_Luftwaffe_Modelle_eines_Bombers_und_J\u00e4gers.jpg 547w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-657-6304-24_Luftwaffe_Modelle_eines_Bombers_und_J\u00e4gers-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-657-6304-24_Luftwaffe_Modelle_eines_Bombers_und_J\u00e4gers-500x622.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><div class=\"wp-caption-wrapper\"><p class=\"wp-caption-text text-center\"><small>Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-657-6304-24 \/ Meschke \/ CC-BY-SA 3.0 [CC BY-SA 3.0 de (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/de\/deed.en)], <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-657-6304-24,_Luftwaffe,_Modelle_eines_Bombers_und_J%C3%A4gers.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/small><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<h2>Weak point<\/h2>\n<p>By November 1942, the Luftwaffe fighter pilots had realized that they could attack a B-17F head-on and be safe from return fire from the actual plane. The fitted 0.30-calibre michine gun in the plexiglass nose was ineffective so individual Bomber Groups decided to replace it with the more destructive 0.50-calibre guns. A nose gun installation kit was provided by 8th Air Force Service Command and the importance of a forward mounted turret on a B-17 was impressed upon the manufacturers. The work on converting the nose turret was very slow and could be only be carried on when the aircraft was free from combat commitments. It was not until May 1943 that B-17F&#8217;s with a factory fitted nose gun mount landed in Britain.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The Germans got to the beginning of the war from the side or behind. But they got for a lot counter-intelligence fire at 25 to 30 B-17s. When they found out that the B-17 had less fire strength in the nose, they changed the tactics. You came in V formations of the front. For us it looked like a line, now and then, however, they came in the inverted V and we shot onto the middle which, however, wasn&#8217;t in range yet. At the next trace it was a normal V perhaps again and the middle was nearer than the outer positions. These came toward us with really high speed. You came with 400 miles and we flew 160 and fired her with her 20 mm cannons on the cockpits as soon as we were within range in the hope to meet something. One could see coming the 20 mm and one hoped that they didn&#8217;t meet. After the attack they shifted and came back. Only if they found a single machine, they were not effective from the front, they then came back from the side or behind. A machine at which one or two engines had failed was alone put on herself and the guys of the air force took their time to hit the fuel tanks on the two fuselage sides.&#8221;<br \/>\nRobert Davila, Pilot der USAAF<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_861\" class=\"b17img-caption wp-caption mx-auto aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: 100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-861 size-new_medium\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/media-26791-600x486.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.americanairmuseum.com\/media\/26791 \/\/ CC-BY-NC 3.0\" width=\"600\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/media-26791-600x486.jpg 600w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/media-26791-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/media-26791-768x621.jpg 768w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/media-26791-1024x829.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/media-26791-500x405.jpg 500w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/media-26791.jpg 1546w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><div class=\"wp-caption-wrapper\"><p class=\"wp-caption-text text-center\"><small><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanairmuseum.com\/media\/26791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.americanairmuseum.com<\/a>\/\/ CC-BY-NC 3.0<\/small><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;At the beginning only the Fw 190 attacked the bombers and the Bf 109 only was used as escort. Most attacks were flown from the front. If the bombers noticed that the 190s came, they often flew a curve from 10 or 15 degrees. This made it hard to come flying up from the front again.&#8221;<br \/>\nWalter Krupinski<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Several problems<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_12058\" class=\"b17img-caption wp-caption mx-auto aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: 100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12058 size-new_medium\" title=\"Ball Turret Gunner\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/b17-ball-turret-600x477.jpg\" alt=\"Ball Turret Gunner\" width=\"600\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/b17-ball-turret-600x477.jpg 600w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/b17-ball-turret-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/b17-ball-turret-768x611.jpg 768w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/b17-ball-turret-1024x814.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/b17-ball-turret-500x398.jpg 500w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/b17-ball-turret.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><div class=\"wp-caption-wrapper\"><p class=\"wp-caption-text text-center\"><small>Ball Turret Gunner<\/small><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The failure of the ball turret was of greater concern on the early models. Apart from the problem with retaion, the oxygen line, throat microphone, and flying suit heater cords all became tangled during normal combat operations. The gunner also feced the risk of running out of oxygen. The bottle contained insufficient oxygen for a normal mission and it was the job of the waist gunner to re-charge the ball turret cylinder but the valve often froze open and supply quickly emptied.<\/p>\n<p>Other Problems included a leaking hydraulic unit, and a turret door that was prone to cracking. Getting out of the turret in an emergency was also a painfully slow procedure. The gunner had to hand-crank the turret in to the correct position, then lift himself out of the hatch and put on a parachute. Needless to say ball turret gunner was the least popular job amoung B-17 crews.<\/p>\n<p>By May 1943, the US VIII Bomber Command had listed a dozen priorities for standard modifications: nose gun fittings, upper turret charging handles, armor plate protection for the pilot&#8217;s panel, more ammunitin for the gun in the radio room, an increase in the oxygen supply to all turrets, new radio antennae, Mark III IFF sets, a remote indicating compass and a life-raft realease. there was also a list of less important changes such as bullet proof glass in windows, re-locating waist gun sites for a better field of fire, fitting of GEE and changes to the oxygen system.<\/p>\n<p>The cold conditions the aircraft operated in tended to freeze the bomb bay doors and the bomb shackles. In early missions this problem was overcome by one of the crew using a crow bar on on the frozen mechanism. Experienced crews would test the bomb bay door operation before they were on the bomb run.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing could be done to stop the plane from being tail heavy but crews were warned about storing equipment and ammunition near the rear.<\/p>\n<p>Another cause for condern was the ability of the waist gunners to inadvertently fire into the wing and tail. In July 1943 an electrical cut off system was fitted which automaticlly stopped the gun firing pins if the gun was aimed at any part of the plane.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most important changes in the development of the B-17F was the addition of extra fuel tanks giving the plane another 1080 US gallons. effectively, this increased the B-17F&#8217;s range by 1000 miles and the operational radius doubled to 650 miles. The extra fuel units were called &#8220;Tokyo Tanks&#8221; (supposedly adding enough range so that a B-17 could get to Tokyo from a carrier in the Pacific) and were made up of nine rubber self-sealing cells placed betwenn of ribs of both wings. These long-range versions first appeared at English bases in May 1943.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-3\"><small>Werbung\/Advertisement<\/small><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8860322341892117\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"7270855245\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<h2>Random B-17F from database<\/h2>\n\n\n\n        <div id=\"b17database\" class=\"row b17s-2col\">\n\n\n\n            \n\n\n                <article id=\"b17database-4966\" class=\"latest-b17 col-12 col-lg-6\">\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-image\">\n\n                        \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-5482-cat-o-nine-tails\/\" title=\"B-17 #42-5482 \/ Cat-O-Nine Tails\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"951\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/42-5482-photo.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid b17-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"B-17 #42-5482 \/ Cat-O-Nine Tails\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/42-5482-photo.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/42-5482-photo-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/42-5482-photo-768x609.jpg 768w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/42-5482-photo-1024x812.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/42-5482-photo-500x396.jpg 500w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/42-5482-photo-600x476.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\n                            <\/a>\n\n                        \n\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-excerpt-box mb-5\">\n\n                        <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-5482-cat-o-nine-tails\/\" class=\"\" title=\"B-17 #42-5482 \/ Cat-O-Nine Tails\">42-5482 \/ Cat-O-Nine Tails<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n                        <div class=\"latest-b17-excerpt\">\n\n                            <p>Delivered Cheyenne 15\/12\/42; Salina 10\/1\/43; Brookley 1\/2\/43; Homestead 14\/2\/43; Assigned 359BS\/303BG [BN-W] Molesworth 6\/3\/43; sustained flak damage over Schweinfurt 14\/10\/43 with Ambrose Grant, Co-pilot: Franklin Ball, Navigator: Jim Berger, Bombardier: Marion Blackburn, Flight engineer\/top turret gunner: Tony Kujawa, Radio Operator: Ed Sexton, Ball turret gunner: Chester Petrosky{wia), Waist gunner: Bob Jaouen{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: Woodrow Greenlee{Wounded in Action},Tail gunner: Francis Anderson (10 Returned to Duty); crew bailed near coast and aircraft crash landed Riseley, Beds., near Molesworth, UK, 20 miles away, broke in half after hitting tree, and sal. CAT O&#8217;NINE TAILS.<\/p>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n                    <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n                <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n\n\n                <article id=\"b17database-12177\" class=\"latest-b17 col-12 col-lg-6\">\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-image\">\n\n                        \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-30171-war-cry\/\" title=\"42-30171 \/ War Cry\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid b17-image\" alt=\"B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress &#8211; The Queen Of The Skies 42-30171 \/ War Cry\" title=\"B-17 #42-30171 \/ War Cry\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/themes\/nine-o-nine\/assets\/images\/b17-no-photo.webp\" \/><\/a>\n\n                        \n\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-excerpt-box mb-5\">\n\n                        <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-30171-war-cry\/\" class=\"\" title=\"B-17 #42-30171 \/ War Cry\">42-30171 \/ War Cry<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n                        <div class=\"latest-b17-excerpt\">\n\n                            <p>Delivered Cheyenne 24\/4\/43; Kearney 30\/5\/43; Dow Fd 18\/6\/43; Assigned 548BS\/385BG [GX-A] Gt Ashfield 26\/6\/43; mission was abandoned 3\/10\/43 with Ben McCall, Co-pilot: S. Provencio, Navigator: John Replage. B- none , Flight engineer\/top turret gunner: Larry Chavland, Radio Operator: Stan Easterbrook, Ball turret gunner: Ed Berthiaume, wg, L.Ward, weg-Bill Bowles,Tail gunner: Bill Butler (9 Returned to Duty), instructed to land RAF Docking, Nfk, but skidded on wet grass an overran runway into adjoining field. Salvaged 2\/11\/43.(Reputed to have flown a loop on return from 78th mission) WAR CRY.<\/p>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n                    <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n                <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n\n\n                <article id=\"b17database-3113\" class=\"latest-b17 col-12 col-lg-6\">\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-image\">\n\n                        \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-3269-piccadilly-willy\/\" title=\"42-3269 \/ Piccadilly Willy\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid b17-image\" alt=\"B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress &#8211; The Queen Of The Skies 42-3269 \/ Piccadilly Willy\" title=\"B-17 #42-3269 \/ Piccadilly Willy\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/themes\/nine-o-nine\/assets\/images\/b17-no-photo.webp\" \/><\/a>\n\n                        \n\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-excerpt-box mb-5\">\n\n                        <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-3269-piccadilly-willy\/\" class=\"\" title=\"B-17 #42-3269 \/ Piccadilly Willy\">42-3269 \/ Piccadilly Willy<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n                        <div class=\"latest-b17-excerpt\">\n\n                            <p>Delivered Denver 15\/4\/43; Assigned 527BS\/379BG [FO-U] Kimbolton 6\/6\/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14\/10\/43 with Capt Walt Carnal, Co-pilot: Bill Davidson, Navigator: Albt Chudoba, Flight engineer\/top turret gunner: Dean Wyland, Radio Operator: Leon Cruzan, Ball turret gunner: Don Sherman, Waist gunner: Monico Rodriguez,Tail gunner: Wilton Fisher (8 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Leslie Gross{body never recovered}, Waist gunner: Nick Rukavina{broke neck when chute opened} (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Machtilhausen, 10 miles W of Schweinfurt. Missing Air Crew Report 958. PICADILLY WILLY.<\/p>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n                    <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n                <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n\n\n                <article id=\"b17database-4878\" class=\"latest-b17 col-12 col-lg-6\">\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-image\">\n\n                        \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-3340\/\" title=\"B-17 #42-3340\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1195\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/42-3340.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid b17-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"B-17 #42-3340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/42-3340.jpg 1195w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/42-3340-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/42-3340-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/42-3340-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/42-3340-500x282.jpg 500w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/42-3340-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1195px) 100vw, 1195px\" \/>\n                            <\/a>\n\n                        \n\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-excerpt-box mb-5\">\n\n                        <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-3340\/\" class=\"\" title=\"B-17 #42-3340\">42-3340<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n                        <div class=\"latest-b17-excerpt\">\n\n                            <p>Delivered Denver 15\/5\/43; Presque Is 27\/6\/43; Assigned 338BS\/96BG [BX-U]; transferred 20BG\/2BG Ain M&#8217;Lila 28\/6\/43; Massicault 31\/7\/43; {22m} transferred 340BS\/97BG Depienne 14\/11\/43; Cerignola 20\/12\/43; Amendola 16\/1\/44; converted to weather ship 15\/7\/44 and crashed base 14\/5\/45. Salvaged.<\/p>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n                    <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n                <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n\n\n                <article id=\"b17database-11230\" class=\"latest-b17 col-12 col-lg-6\">\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-image\">\n\n                        \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-30266-wild-children-aka-lucky-strike\/\" title=\"B-17 #42-30266 \/ Wild Children aka Lucky Strike\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"971\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/42-30266-photo.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid b17-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"B-17 #42-30266 \/ Wild Children aka Lucky Strike\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/42-30266-photo.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/42-30266-photo-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/42-30266-photo-768x621.jpg 768w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/42-30266-photo-1024x829.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/42-30266-photo-500x405.jpg 500w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/42-30266-photo-600x486.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\n                            <\/a>\n\n                        \n\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-excerpt-box mb-5\">\n\n                        <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-30266-wild-children-aka-lucky-strike\/\" class=\"\" title=\"B-17 #42-30266 \/ Wild Children aka Lucky Strike\">42-30266 \/ Wild Children aka Lucky Strike<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n                        <div class=\"latest-b17-excerpt\">\n\n                            <p>Delivered Cheyenne 8\/5\/43; Gore 9\/5\/43; Moses Lake 22\/5\/43; Geiger 25\/5\/43; Smoky Hill 26\/5\/43; Gt Falls 7\/6\/43; Smoky Hill 1\/7\/43; Dow Fd 11\/7\/43; Assigned 569BS\/390BG [CC-W] Framlingham 1\/8\/43 WILD CHILDREN; (55m) on practice mission 9\/7\/44 with Frank Moore, Co-pilot: Roger Ihde, Navigator: Joe Stotler, Bombardier: Judson Giddings, Flight engineer\/top turret gunner: Clarry Long, pass-Bernie Johnson,wg-Bill Bluhm, Waist gunner: Fred Pratt,Tail gunner: Erik Johnsen (9 Killed in Service); crash landed near base at Grove Farm, Easton, near Framlingham, Salvaged 17\/8\/44. LUCKY STRIKE.<\/p>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n                    <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n                <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n\n\n                <article id=\"b17database-7417\" class=\"latest-b17 col-12 col-lg-6\">\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-image\">\n\n                        \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-5752\/\" title=\"42-5752\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid b17-image\" alt=\"B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress &#8211; The Queen Of The Skies 42-5752\" title=\"B-17 #42-5752\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/themes\/nine-o-nine\/assets\/images\/b17-no-photo.webp\" \/><\/a>\n\n                        \n\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-excerpt-box mb-5\">\n\n                        <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-5752\/\" class=\"\" title=\"B-17 #42-5752\">42-5752<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n                        <div class=\"latest-b17-excerpt\">\n\n                            <p>Delivered Cheyenne 11\/12\/42; Pocatello 29\/12\/42; Pyote 18\/1\/43; Biggs 28\/2\/43; Dalhart 17\/3\/43; Tinker 30\/7\/43; Oklahoma City 22\/10\/43; 19BG Pyote 9\/11\/43; Written off 7\/2\/44.<\/p>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n                    <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n                <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n\n\n                <article id=\"b17database-13620\" class=\"latest-b17 col-12 col-lg-6\">\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-image\">\n\n                        \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-30362-wee-bonnie-ii\/\" title=\"42-30362 \/ Wee Bonnie II\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid b17-image\" alt=\"B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress &#8211; The Queen Of The Skies 42-30362 \/ Wee Bonnie II\" title=\"B-17 #42-30362 \/ Wee Bonnie II\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/themes\/nine-o-nine\/assets\/images\/b17-no-photo.webp\" \/><\/a>\n\n                        \n\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-excerpt-box mb-5\">\n\n                        <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-30362-wee-bonnie-ii\/\" class=\"\" title=\"B-17 #42-30362 \/ Wee Bonnie II\">42-30362 \/ Wee Bonnie II<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n                        <div class=\"latest-b17-excerpt\">\n\n                            <p>Delivered Cheyenne 23\/5\/43; Gore 25\/5\/43; Kearney 5\/6\/43; Dow Fd 1\/7\/43; Assigned: 561BS\/388BG Knettishall 7\/7\/43; MIA Beaumont Sur Oise 9\/9\/43 Pilot: Adalbert Porter, Vernon Adams, John Moffitt, John Ash, Ralph Mallicote, Alphonse Fulchino {photo} (6POW); Harry Thompson, Henry Rowland, Clem Mezzanotte, Rosswell Miller, Ivan Schrader (5EVD) flak, crashed Houilles, Fr; MACR 3134. WEE BONNIE II.<\/p>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n                    <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n                <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n\n\n                <article id=\"b17database-10540\" class=\"latest-b17 col-12 col-lg-6\">\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-image\">\n\n                        \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-30327\/\" title=\"42-30327\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid b17-image\" alt=\"B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress &#8211; The Queen Of The Skies 42-30327\" title=\"B-17 #42-30327\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/themes\/nine-o-nine\/assets\/images\/b17-no-photo.webp\" \/><\/a>\n\n                        \n\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-excerpt-box mb-5\">\n\n                        <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-30327\/\" class=\"\" title=\"B-17 #42-30327\">42-30327<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n                        <div class=\"latest-b17-excerpt\">\n\n                            <p>Delivered Dallas 15\/5\/43; Gore 17\/5\/43; Dallas 19\/5\/43; Roswell 27\/6\/43; with Howard Carson crash landed Roswell Aux Fd 22\/2\/44; Written off 27\/2\/44.<\/p>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n                    <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n                <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n\n\n                <article id=\"b17database-15024\" class=\"latest-b17 col-12 col-lg-6\">\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-image\">\n\n                        \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-29550\/\" title=\"42-29550\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid b17-image\" alt=\"B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress &#8211; The Queen Of The Skies 42-29550\" title=\"B-17 #42-29550\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/themes\/nine-o-nine\/assets\/images\/b17-no-photo.webp\" \/><\/a>\n\n                        \n\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-excerpt-box mb-5\">\n\n                        <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-29550\/\" class=\"\" title=\"B-17 #42-29550\">42-29550<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n                        <div class=\"latest-b17-excerpt\">\n\n                            <p>Delivered Cheyenne 4\/1\/43; Sioux City 19\/1\/43; Casper 5\/3\/43; Assigned 398BG Rapid City 7\/6\/43; Geiger 8\/6\/43; Gore Fd 8\/7\/43; force landed Hill Fd, Ogden, UT with Bob Siegel 2\/8\/43; Written off 11\/8\/43.<\/p>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n                    <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n                <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n\n\n                <article id=\"b17database-5611\" class=\"latest-b17 col-12 col-lg-6\">\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-image\">\n\n                        \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-5731\/\" title=\"B-17 #42-5731 \/ Smokey Stover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1177\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/42-5731.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid b17-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"B-17 #42-5731 \/ Smokey Stover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/42-5731.jpg 1177w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/42-5731-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/42-5731-1024x551.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/42-5731-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/42-5731-500x269.jpg 500w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/42-5731-600x323.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1177px) 100vw, 1177px\" \/>\n                            <\/a>\n\n                        \n\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-excerpt-box mb-5\">\n\n                        <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-5731\/\" class=\"\" title=\"B-17 #42-5731 \/ Smokey Stover\">42-5731 \/ Smokey Stover<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n                        <div class=\"latest-b17-excerpt\">\n\n                            <p>Delivered Cheyenne 20\/10\/42; Salina 4\/12\/42; Assigned 97BG Biskra 31\/1\/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8\/2\/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1\/8\/43; Depienne 15\/8\/43; Cerignola 20\/12\/43; Amendola 16\/1\/44; Salvaged 27\/8\/44.<\/p>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n                    <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n                <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"clearfix w-100\"><\/div>\n\n        <\/div> <!-- #b17database -->\n\n        \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The main difference between the E and F models was the wider propeller blades with which the new model was equipped and which gave it better flight performance. 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