Cowboy 1! This is Cowboy 6! Damn it! Jerry drilled our left wing fuel tank and it's leaking like a broken dam. Cowboy 1! Entire left wing is on fire. Hit the...
The outside engine on the B-17's port wing was running rough but somehow the pilots were still managing to keep the struggling bomber to remain in formation....
In a book that I recently read, a B-24 engineer said that in a B-24 it was possible to transfer fuel between tanks, but that was not possible in a B-17. Each...
Radio transmission from Divine Wind. THIS IS COWBOY ONE.....THIS IS COWBOY ONE....WE ARE FIFTY MILES FROM CHECKPOINT THREE INBOUND.....REPEAT WE ARE FIFTY...
... I have a reprinted pilot's manual for the B-17G and B-17F. It states: "The fuel system consists of four independent single-engine systems as shown in...
... like a broken dam. ... COWBOY 6 THIS IS COWBOY 1.....COWBOY 6 THIS IS COWBOY 1...WILL RELAY YOUR POSITION BACK TO BASE.....REPEAT WILL RELAY YOUR POSITION...
Cowboy 1! Thanks! We could walk back home from here, but I think Jerry will be waiting for us. At least were over land. Everybody out? I just pushed a dead man...
COWBOY ONE CALLING BASE......COWBOY ONE CALLING BASE.....COWBOY SIX IS HITTING THE SILK SEVENTY MILES FROM CHECKPOINT THREE.........REPEAT COWBOY SIX IS...
Saturday, 1 April 1944 Time: 18:00 To all 88th BG (H) Personnel: After a day of bad weather, it will be clear again for operations. Except for personnel on...
I was just wondering after seeing the mission that if we use the alternate route home do we still use the fighter cover that is listed. Or are we on our own...
... Mark, It is a good point but for this mission, use the listed fighter cover Most of the cover, 5 of 7, is poor anyway. I'll review this the next time this...
Buckeye 2, Adolph's Nightmare, suddenly leaves the high squadron and makes a shallow dive to the West. It disappears far behind the rest of the group...
Account Of Maneuvers: B-17 (42-39957) Halberstadt, Germany 01-11-44 11 JANUARY 1944 AIRCRAFT NO. 42-39957 HALBERSTADT, GERMANY Took off at 0745 o'clock with a...
Player: Shaun Edley Plane Name: Wakka Wakka Squadron: 317th Mission #: 45 Target City: Steyr Did the B-17 Bomb the target: Yes Bomb Run: 0% Aircraft status:...
Shaun Edley
ShaunE@...
Jan 10, 2006 7:53 am
1259
Player Name: Steven Williams Player E-Mail: ocsdresdep@... Plane Name: Michigan Mule Squadron: 318th Mission: 45 Target City: Steyr, Austria Did the B-17...
Player Name: Neil Amoore Plane Name: Silver Spoon Squadron: 317th Mission: 45 Target City: Steyr, Austria Did the B-17 Bomb the target: Yes Bomb Run: 40% ...
Buckeye Two to base! Buckeye Two to base! We have casualties, and left main wheel will not go down! Request crash crew and medical teams be ready . . . ... ...
Just before the 317th Squadron reaches the Ball bearing plant at Steyr, Austria, Divine Wind takes a direct hit on the port wing from flak. The bombers in the...
Major S.G. Lucky Air Executive Officer 918th Bomb Group (H) Archbury, England Cowboy, Sorry to hear about your left arm getting shot up. Look on the bright...
Player Name: Art DeFilippo Player e-mail: adf13@. Plane Name: Raid Hot Mama Squadron: 399th Bomb Squadron (H) Mission #: 45 Target City: Steyr, Austria Did...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the 88thBombgroup group. File : /Nose...
88thBombgroup@yahoogr...
Jan 18, 2006 8:24 am
1271
All, Only two days before mission 45 is over. 14 of 24 assigned planes have reported in. The group lost 3 aircraft, 2 over Steyr, 1 crashed landed at base with...
JOKER THREE TO JOKER ONE, JOKER THREE TO JOKER ONE THIS FLAK IS TERRIBLE, CAN'T WE GO AROUND IT, JOKER THR................ KA-BANG!!!......... OH SH!T, OH...
19 January 1943 MSGT Bob "Lucky: Prior Crew Chief, "Piccadilly Lily" 918th Bomb Group (H) Archbury, England Lucky, Damn! You are the luckiest guy that I know. ...
General Douglas MacArthur, US Army Supreme Allied Commander Southwest Pacific Brisbane, Australia Temporary Assignment: Archbury, England General, Colonel...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
