renfield Posted June 22, 2013 Author Share #226 Posted June 22, 2013 Here is a Pacific B-17E with a story. She is "SALLY" the personal plane of General George C. Kenny. Number 41-2633 and was scrapped in May 1945. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper B.A.R Posted June 25, 2013 Share #227 Posted June 25, 2013 It looks like she came in on one wheel. Wonder if the right landing gear just collapsed. Standard operating procedure if a positive was not given on a landing gear was to also drop the turret, (a 15 minute procedure all were trained in). It was a dangerous procedure to land on only one wheel and with the turret still attached. Could cause a wing to break off, twist to the side, turn over, or flip, and catch on fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digi-shots Posted June 26, 2013 Share #228 Posted June 26, 2013 These are GREAT pics here.... thanks to everyone for sharing them! Here's one I found online of the ROYAL FLUSH, and most likely seen before, titled "Henry Woodall Crew" and a link to the original site with photo and info on the crew. http://www.100thbg.com/mainpages/crews/crews3/woodall_hw.htm I do have a question, in looking at the link... it gives a listing of crew members, with a few listings of crew changes. I'm assumming the first listing under the photo are the names of the crew in the photo? I'm researching a bombadier, Everett Davis (not sure which one he is). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digi-shots Posted June 26, 2013 Share #229 Posted June 26, 2013 Sorry, no nose art or name on this one, but I do have the names of the crew: The Merle A. Ehorn Crew (L to R)Lt. Everett H. Davis - BOM, Unknown, Capt. Merle Ehorn - P, T/Sgt. Richard Brady - ROG,Lt. Paul Mitchell - CP, Lt. Joe T. Anderson - NAV, Sgt. Joseph Eubanks - WG.Kneeling: UnknownPhoto taken August 26, 1944 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renfield Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share #230 Posted June 28, 2013 Super nice picture of ROYAL FLUSH! Is this the plane that Rosie Rosenthal flew on the Oct. 10 1943 raid on Munster? Thanks for posting it. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAF_Collection Posted June 29, 2013 Share #231 Posted June 29, 2013 Here is a picture of "Betty Lou's Buggy" I had not seen in the past. It looks like a wheels up landing. Steve Hi Steve, Great pic!. There was another "Betty Lou's Buggy" in the 91st, she was 42-37938 of the 401st BS and was involved in a minor accident at RAF Valley on Anglesey on September 26,1944. Regards, Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digi-shots Posted June 29, 2013 Share #232 Posted June 29, 2013 Super nice picture of ROYAL FLUSH! Is this the plane that Rosie Rosenthal flew on the Oct. 10 1943 raid on Munster? Thanks for posting it. Steve I don't really know. I was searching the flight crew by names when I came across the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renfield Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share #233 Posted July 3, 2013 Finding a snap shot of the MEMPHIS BELL is one of my collecting goals. I have a picture of her on the war bond tour, but the lack of painted mission bombs makes it a bit odd. This picture came from the same album that the other Tony Starcer pictures came from. It has a red stamp on the back. You can see the classic nose art and just make out the lettering of her name. Still No mission marks!!! Any thoughts on this? Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renfield Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share #234 Posted July 3, 2013 A much younger Tony Starcer. I have seen this picture on other web sites. The picture I have has the official stamps on the back. I am guessing many of the pictures I have been buying were sold by the base photographer. Sort of unofficial, official pictures. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renfield Posted July 6, 2013 Author Share #235 Posted July 6, 2013 Here is an unofficial pic. of MOUNT N RIDE another piece of nose art by Tony Starcer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renfield Posted July 6, 2013 Author Share #236 Posted July 6, 2013 One reason I enjoy collecting these pictures is finding things most people would over look. The B-17 MOUNT N RIDE is a G model, but it has an "ice window". I would have told anyone that there is no way a G model would have this little window. There it is!!! The other picture is of a 15th AAF B-17 that shows the ice window from inside. These may have been more common that I thought. Never to old, or proud to learn. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renfield Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share #237 Posted July 16, 2013 Here is a great picture of another Starcer ship. The DUKE OF PUDUCAH not a real clear picture of the nose art but notice the crewman with the flak jacket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renfield Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share #238 Posted July 16, 2013 I can't help myself!!!! Another MEMPHIS BELLE picture. You can not tell from this scan but on the picture I can make out some mission markings. At last! A unofficial snapshot for sure, just what I like. Also notice the sweater the officer on the left is wearing. I just added one of these "vest with sleeves" to my collection of uniforms and flight gear. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renfield Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share #239 Posted July 16, 2013 Tony Starcer painted this lovely lady on MARY KAY she was with the 91st BG(H) 324th BS and was lost on 18th March 1944. Notice the Norden bombsite has been rubbed out of the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renfield Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share #240 Posted July 16, 2013 Another 91st bird painted by Tony, JEZEBEL. Also a nice picture of the Norden bombsite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renfield Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share #241 Posted July 16, 2013 This is not your standard Starcer pin up girl! The JUBJUB BIRD. Too bad the photo cut off most of the name. All of these pictures I have been posting have come from a seller who broke up a photo album. It would have been nice to have had the chance to buy the entire album. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renfield Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share #242 Posted July 16, 2013 I think this might be JUST NOTHING, but I am not sure. It looks as if this has been set up as a display for visitors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Birdsall Posted July 16, 2013 Share #243 Posted July 16, 2013 Yes, Just Nothing and that display was set up when General Eisenhower visited Bassingbourn to christen the General Ike. http://www.fold3.com/image/32442202/?terms=Yankee Doodle#32442202/ http://www.fold3.com/image/32018532/?terms=General IKe#32018532/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-17Guy Posted July 31, 2013 Share #244 Posted July 31, 2013 Thought I would share this pic I took last Sunday of (The Movie) Memphis Belle at Pittsburgh, Allegheny County Airport in the early AM, as we arrived to prep for a day of flying. Seemed like an English morning...... John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Birdsall Posted August 29, 2013 Share #245 Posted August 29, 2013 Here's a snapshot you might like Steve . . . it shows 41-24353 when it was flying as an armed transport with the 433rd Troop Carrier Group. That's the radio operator, T/Sgt Robert Midgley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted August 29, 2013 Share #246 Posted August 29, 2013 I remember, before all of the post-9/11 security, that the local municipal strip looked similar when the bombers came to town. If you were late for the walk-through or what have you, they just left them sitting, and you could really take your time and enjoy their presence. Hasn't been a warbird in town since 2007. Thought I would share this pic I took last Sunday of (The Movie) Memphis Belle at Pittsburgh, Allegheny County Airport in the early AM, as we arrived to prep for a day of flying. Seemed like an English morning...... John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renfield Posted September 7, 2013 Author Share #247 Posted September 7, 2013 Hi B-17 Guy you must have a heck of a great life!!! Mr. Birdsall that is a great picture of the ship and the crew member. It is always nice to put a name with the face. I got this picture of HOT TO GO from the 447th BG the other day. It is equipped with the AN/APQ-7 Eagle radar. From what I can find there were not many B-17s so equipped. A lot of B-24s and B-29s and mostly in the Pacific. When I googled the info I found another picture of this plane and the same man! It is not the same picture, as the man in the picture I have is standing in a different position. The pictures had to be taken at the same time but were separated over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renfield Posted September 7, 2013 Author Share #248 Posted September 7, 2013 I got this picture of BANSHEE from Ebay. She flew with the 306th BS 303rd GB(H). I looked around on the net but could not find a good picture of her nose art. I think it is kind of neat, the clover with the lightning bolts. I am sure there are better pictures of this plane out there but I am happy to get this one. She flew 97 missions before being lost on 27 Aug. 1944. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Birdsall Posted September 8, 2013 Share #249 Posted September 8, 2013 Steve, that's an earlier Banshee. I believe your photo shows 41-24488, which was assigned to Lt William "Wild Bill" Casey and his crew from the 306th Bomb Group. It was shot down on the April 17, 1943 Bremen mission. Fighter attacks had crippled Banshee and she was flying on one engine as she crossed the coast of Holland on the way home. When that last engine ran away Casey was forced to turn back towards enemy territory. The radio operator and four gunners in the rear of the plane were already dead when the others bailed out at 23,000 feet, relying on the wind to blow them back over land. They all narrowly made it and were taken prisoner almost immediately. Great photo, and a rare one I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renfield Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share #250 Posted September 14, 2013 I have been able to get my hands on some more 91st BG nose art pictures. I had to do some photo shop work as the pictures are very dark and look as if they had been close to a fire. There are no military markings on the backs so they may be post war copies of war time pictures. The first is RHAPSODY IN RED, by our old friend Tony Starcer. I have seen this image in colour and it is bright and beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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