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Luc Vervoort

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Hot-rock B17 - 05/20/2007 11:04:50 AM
Hi !

A B17 with the name Hot-Rock made a crashlanding in Belgium. Was this a plane from 384 BG ? Who can supply me more details ?

Many thanks and best regards

Luc



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RE: Hot-rock B17 - 05/20/2007 01:21:04 PM
The Ball Turret Gunner from the B-17 "Hot Rocks".
Having a look at the web, I found a B17 to the name of "Hot Rocks" Seems to belong to 390th BG
 
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Hot-rock B17 - 05/20/2007 01:56:58 PM
Hi Phil,

Many thanks for your information regarding Hot-Rocks.

This was a rather popular name. On the list I have I found 5 planes with that name (or with Hot-Rocks as name):
390 BG :
42-30308 ditched on 24/08/1943
42-30411 crashed on 12/11/1943 in Germany
92 BG :
42-97494 ditched on 22/02/1944
94 BG :
serial = ?
452 BG :
serial = ?

As per information received the plane had a triangel with a " P" on the tail.

Best regards

Luc

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RE: Hot-rock B17 - 05/21/2007 10:29:21 AM
Luc - Can't find name listed for a 384th BG B - 17.
Do you have date - any other info ?
Mike
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RE: Hot-rock B17 - 05/23/2007 08:32:36 AM
Hello Luc,
Re: Hot Rock
try the 92nd BG for 325th BS 42-97494, MACR 2758 said to have cr in N Sea 10 KIA.
or
94th BG  and 452nd BG had a The Hot Rock.

Re: Hot Rocks this was 42-30308 also ditched but on 24 Aug 43, MACR 393.
Another Hot Rocks or Hot Rocks II was 42-30411 lost on 11 Dec 43 cr at Norden, Germany. MACR 1727
Both were from the 568BS 390 BG.

Details from B17 Nose Art Name Directory.
 
Then from Heavy Bopmbers of the Mighty Eighth.
384 BG
a/c crashed in Belgium
23216 macr 841
232007 macr 2740
297274 macr 3873
448008 macr 13365
448011 macr 10197
There may well have been others but all of these had also E&E reports too.

Good luck
Alex
<message edited by Alex Smart on 05/23/2007 09:19:35 AM >
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RE: Hot-rock B17 - 03/07/2008 10:22:39 AM
My grandfather was lost on this plane:
92nd BG for 325th BS 42-97494, MACR 2758 said to have cr in N Sea 10 KIA.


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