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Interesting B-17G remains preserved in Poland
Posted by Benjamin Thompson on Tue Apr 02, 2002 06:34:54 PM
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Just found this today posted E-mail from heavybombers.com. If no crew were injured I am wondering just how much of the B-17G they have preserved?
Hi !
Sorry for my poor English..... Since many years i am a aircraft enthusiast.
Last year i was found in my local area a B-17 remains. After some
researching i found also a pictures with this aircraft. This allow to
identify this "Fortress", but i look for more infos.
Here are all datas, which i was found :
Airplane : Boeing B-17 G-35-DL serial number 42-107208
338 Bomb Squadron 96 Bomb Group
Code letters (on fuselage) BX-U
Nick-name (Nose-art) "Why Not" (probably)
Date (probably) 3 February 1945 after mission over Berlin
Crash site: Between villages Twardow and Wyszki, about 7 kilometers east
from Jarocin, Poland
Crew from 413th Squadron 96 Bomb Group :
(P) Lt Leonard Kramer
(CP) Lt Henry Miller
(N) F/O Gerard Clohessy
(B) Lt Harold Hodge
(TT) T/Sgt John Colclasure
(RO) T/Sgt Beverly Freeman
(BT) S/Sgt Robert Lizee
(WG) S/Sgt James Ryan
(TG) S/Sgt Billy Butler
Nobody was injured.
I look any additional infos about this plane and crew. I look also for a
contact with someone from this people. If someone can help me, please
contact:
Maciek Peda
Street Gorna 202
63800 Gostyn
Poland
E-mail: mp-experymentalny@wp.pl
Remains of this Fortress are currently exhibited in our family own technical museum.
Best greetings from Poland
Maciek Peda