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| B17 Page Dedicated to the Memory of Billy A Gaumer - Ball Turret Gunner, 359th Bomber SQN, 303 Bomb Group |
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| B17 PICTURES |
| Between 1943 and 1945 the skies of Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex teamed with bombers. By day the USAAF 8th Airforce massed its huge formations of B17's and B24's in the crowded skies. At night the skies belonged to the RAF's Lancaster and Halifax bombers. German targest were pounded day and night. These pages are a tribute to the men who flew these dangerous and costly missions. The pictures are mainly of B17's but you will find a few B24's as well as the fighters that escorted them and also the German fighters that desperately tried to defend against them.. |
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| B17G "Mary Alice" 44-83735 Outside on a frosty and foggy morning and On static display in the American Air Museum at Duxford. |
| B17G "Pink Lady" 44-8846 French registered as F-AZDX. On her left side she carries "Pink Lady" nose art. On her right she has "Mother and Country". This is the name of the B17 that met an unfortunate end in the movie "Memphis Belle" She has her chin turret removed from under the nose to resemble a "D" model Fortress. The chin turret was added to counter head on attacks by German fighters, |
| B17G "Sally B" 44-85784 (G-BEDF) AKA "Memphis Belle" The only flying B17 in Britain. For more info and to keep Sally B flying cick below to visit the official website |
| "Sally B" in formation with her traditional escorts, the P51 Mustang and P47 Thunderbolt. Bringing up the rear is a North American B25 D "Mitchell". |
| More B17 pictures. |
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| UNDER CONSTRUCTION -Base Map Now Complete! |
| SAVE SALLY B!! Another crazy piece of Euro madness, the Sally B has been given the same insurance classification at a Boeing 737. This adds £1000 per flying hour to her costs. As a result she is grounded. Scroll down to the Sally B website link (GO TO LATEST NEWS PAGE) to join the campaign to exempt historic aircraft from commercial insurance rates. Maybe she should revert to her former role and deliver some 750lb bombs to the European Parliament and do us all a favour!! |