Wray, the first commander of the 91st Bomb Group. A restoration was undertaken between 1978 and 1988 at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware by the 512th Military Airlift Wing in an effort that accounted for some 60,000 man hours. In 1981, Tony Starcer recreated his original nose art at ...
Miller, follows the actions of the 100th Bomb Group, a B-17 unit in eastern England during World War II.[244]【参考译文】《空战群英》(Masters of the Air)是一部由约翰·希班和约翰·奥尔洛夫共同创作的2024年美国战争剧情电视连续剧,[243] 该剧基于唐纳德·L·米勒于2007年出版的书籍《空战群英:...
Clark Gable (1901–1960) — Academy Award-winning film actor, five missions as waist gunner with several groups from May to September 1943, including the B-17 Eight Ball of the 359th Bomb Squadron (351st Bomb Group). Tom Landry (1924–2000) — American football player and coach, flew 30...
On January 27, 1943, B-17s of the USAAF made their first attacks on Germany at the port of Wilhelmshaven. The attack was carried out by the 91st, 303rd, 305th and 306th Bomb Groups. Initially, casualties were very high because they attacked during daylight hours to achieve greater accura...
On the morning of the 17th August 1943Frank’s Nightmaretook off from Bassingbourn along with six other B-17s from the 401st Bomber Squadron on a mission to bomb the Schweinfurt KugelFischer ball bearing plant. En routemoderate inaccurate flak was encountered. It was reported thatFrank’s Night...
Nine-O-Nine was a Boeing B-17G-30-BO Flying Fortress heavy bomber, of the 323rd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, that completed 140 combat missions during World War II, believed to be the Eighth Air Force record for most missions, without loss to the crews that flew it. It's nicknam...
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