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B-17, 43-38037 - 05/01/2008 02:39:03 AM
hello
 
I am searching information about 43-38037, crashed down on 30.09.1944.
specially code and typ.
 
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RE: B-17, 43-38037 - 05/01/2008 03:12:51 AM
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
 
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RE: B-17, 43-38037 - 05/01/2008 04:50:55 AM

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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RE: B-17, 43-38037 - 05/01/2008 04:59:46 AM
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.
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RE: B-17, 43-38037 - 05/01/2008 05:00:42 AM
Hi all,
Does someone knows where happened the mid air collision and where the planes crashed?
 
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Phil
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RE: B-17, 43-38037 - 05/01/2008 05:12:26 AM
Hello,
 
I have different places from different reports: Kentrup, Detmold, Leopoldshöhe, near Bielefeld.
 
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RE: B-17, 43-38037 - 05/01/2008 05:44:36 AM
the plane crashed at the small village Bexterhagen, north-east of Leopoldshöhe.
 
code 2G - ?
B-17 G-??-??

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RE: B-17, 43-38037 - 05/01/2008 11:29:35 AM
Uwe -
# 43 - 338037 2G No Call Letter Listed
B - 17G - 75 - BO
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