B-17, 43-38037

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Spurensucher Total Posts : 130 Reward points : 869 Joined: 09/07/2007 Location: Germany Status: offline	Reply to message Message Options B-17, 43-38037 - 05/01/2008 02:39:03 AM ( #1 ) hello I am searching information about 43-38037, crashed down on 30.09.1944. specially code and typ. gruß uwe Airwar over Germany Crashplaces Eastern Westphalia www.spurensuche-owl.de
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PhilSave Total Posts : 298 Reward points : 2006 Joined: 07/05/2005 Location: IXELLES BELGIUM Status: offline	Reply to message Message Options RE: B-17, 43-38037 - 05/01/2008 03:12:51 AM ( #2 ) Found on the web: Theodore I Sherrill 2nd Lt Co-Pilot 836 Liberty Belle B-17G 43-38037 92nd CBW,487th BG ( Square P) 836th BS, code letters 2G-? Nickname "Liberty Belle" Mid air collision with 43-38154 Phil Phil in Ixelles, Belgium
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RE: B-17, 43-38037 - 05/01/2008 04:50:55 AM ( #3 )

Hello,
30 september 1944 colliding with the bomber 43-38154 from a mission in Bielefeld. I have information about this. B-17G 43-38154 „Heavenly Body" and B-17G 43-38037 „Liberty Bell".

Here the names from the people in both planes: Sgt. William Focht, Waist Gunner, 836th BS, B-17 Heavenly Body Sgt. Martin Stanley, Radio Operator, 836th BS, B-17 Heavenly Body 2nd Lt. Wilburn Furr, Copilot, 836th BS, B-17 Heavenly Body Sgt. Hudie Graves, Gunner-Ball Turret, 836th BS, B-17 Heavenly Body Sgt. Willard Green, Gunner-Tail, 836th BS, B-17 Heavenly Body 1st. Lt Harold E. Oesch, Pilot, 836th BS, B-17 Heavenly Body

Sgt. Benni Ballard, Waist Gunner, 836th BS, B-17 Liberty Bell Sgt. Benjamin Harcq, Gunner Tail, 836th BS, B-17 Liberty Bell 1st Lt. Raymond Jackson, Pilot, 836th BS, B-17 Liberty Bell Sgt. Laverne Nelson, Flight Engineer, 836th BS, B-17 Liberty Bell 2nd Lt. Edward Plevak, Navigator, 836th BS, B-17 Liberty Bell Sgt. Willie Rogers, Gunner-Ball Turret, 836th BS, B-17 Liberty Bell 2nd Lt. Theodore I Sherrill, Copilot, 836th BS, B-17 Liberty Bell
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hkellerjr Total Posts : 579 Reward points : 2357 Joined: 09/23/2003 Location: Front Royal, VA Status: offline	Reply to message Message Options RE: B-17, 43-38037 - 05/01/2008 04:59:46 AM ( #4 ) A/C 43-38037: Del Cheyenne 19/6/44; Kearney 28/6/44; dow Fd 11/7/44; ass 836BS/487BG Lavenham 12/7/44; b/d Jena 19/3/45 w/?; mid air coll w/43-37969; cr Allied terr?; sal 21/3/45. Howard Keller (LTC, USA, Ret)
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PhilSave Total Posts : 298 Reward points : 2006 Joined: 07/05/2005 Location: IXELLES BELGIUM Status: offline	Reply to message Message Options RE: B-17, 43-38037 - 05/01/2008 05:00:42 AM ( #5 ) Hi all, Does someone knows where happened the mid air collision and where the planes crashed? Thanks, Phil Phil in Ixelles, Belgium
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cees1 Total Posts : 2 Reward points : 0 Joined: 09/07/2007 Status: offline	Reply to message Message Options RE: B-17, 43-38037 - 05/01/2008 05:12:26 AM ( #6 ) Hello, I have different places from different reports: Kentrup, Detmold, Leopoldshöhe, near Bielefeld. Cees van Bemmel
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Spurensucher Total Posts : 130 Reward points : 869 Joined: 09/07/2007 Location: Germany Status: offline	Reply to message Message Options RE: B-17, 43-38037 - 05/01/2008 05:44:36 AM ( #7 ) the plane crashed at the small village Bexterhagen, north-east of Leopoldshöhe. code 2G - ? B-17 G-??-?? gruß uwe Airwar over Germany Crashplaces Eastern Westphalia www.spurensuche-owl.de
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shooshoobaby Total Posts : 4623 Reward points : 2686 Joined: 01/28/2006 Location: Pacific NW Status: online	Reply to message Message Options RE: B-17, 43-38037 - 05/01/2008 11:29:35 AM ( #8 ) Uwe - # 43 - 338037 2G No Call Letter Listed B - 17G - 75 - BO Mike
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