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USAAF Display : B-17 crew member, 385th BG, Great Ashfield, September 1943


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Here a evocation of a cew member of the B-17E Mission Belle from the 551st BS, 385th BG. Hit by Flak over Piltz the airplane landed south Kristianopel in Sweden on the 11th April 1944. Crew is safe and taken in charge of by the homeguard.

 

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The crew member is wearing an A-4 flying suit amended by ajonction of a pocket on the left thigh, a flying jacket B-3, a flying helmet Type B-6, B-7 goggles and a A-10 revised oxygen mask.
Note on the photo, the third man wears a F-1 electrically heated suit under the A-4 flying suit, the E-1 gloves are stored in the leg pocket.

 

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Mathieu

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  • 3 months later...

Nice grouping Mathieu,

 

Love the additional pocket on the A4 suit and is that an A.M. whistle acting as a zipper pull ?

 

Regards Dave

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Nice grouping Mathieu,

 

Love the additional pocket on the A4 suit and is that an A.M. whistle acting as a zipper pull ?

 

Regards Dave

 

Hi Dave,

 

Yest it is. The whistle is an AM model and the zipper on the B-3 is a also a AM zipper replaced during the war.

Thank you.

 

Mathieu

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Thanks Mathieu,

 

the A.M. was just about visible from your photo so thank you for confirming this and likewsie Karl for the sloce up of his example. sabrejet, nice stuf as always, I'll have to get round to posting some of my stuff up.

 

Thanks Fellas.

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