BB24 Posted June 19, 2016 Share #1 Posted June 19, 2016 I'm looking for any information and possibly a picture of the Belle of Texas. My father was Reginald Spence and was copilot with Charles Pratte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackeral Posted June 19, 2016 Share #2 Posted June 19, 2016 There is a TEXAS BELLE B17 43-38130 508 BS, 351 BG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB24 Posted June 20, 2016 Author Share #3 Posted June 20, 2016 There is a TEXAS BELLE B17 43-38130 508 BS, 351 BG I'm looking for Belle of Texas B24. It did an emergency landing using prachutes on the island of Tarawa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US82Bravo Posted June 21, 2016 Share #4 Posted June 21, 2016 Your father's aircraft was a B-24J, serial number 42-73156 assigned to the 42nd Bomb Squadron, 11th Bomb Group, 7th Air Force. this information and the following photo come from this website - http://www.b24bestweb.com/belleoftexas2.htm An additional photo was found on this site - http://www.crash-aerien.news/forum/les-nose-art-t24137-360.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US82Bravo Posted June 21, 2016 Share #5 Posted June 21, 2016 Here are some additional photos from fold3.com - This looks like the moment of touch down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US82Bravo Posted June 21, 2016 Share #6 Posted June 21, 2016 one more from fold3.com - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US82Bravo Posted June 21, 2016 Share #7 Posted June 21, 2016 Here is narrative of the event from "One Damned Island After Another" by Clive Howard and Joe Whitley - The narrative refers to the name "Texas Belle" but it is clear that is in error. The publication is available on line through the 'Internet Archive' library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US82Bravo Posted June 21, 2016 Share #8 Posted June 21, 2016 continuation of the narrative - Hope this answers some of your questions. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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