http://forum.armyairforces.com/(c) ArmyAirForces30Hi Xonel, and Others. Familywizz is alive and kicking but goes now under the name of "BigWeeker". In my research, I made contact with several people living in the town of Irthlingborough, who remember this collision and who sent me details ofhttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=162026Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:21:03 GMTThanks I checked but no information was listed. His plane had 7669 in large dark paint on the nose, The triangle/P on the tail, and had a chin-turret. One plane to plane photo had a 130 on the tail too. I do not know if it washttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=161588Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:18:11 GMTTry www.384thbombgroup.com and check out their site. I didn't see him listed on the personnel roster but you may be able to find some pertinent infor there. On the second page of the 384th forum on this sitehttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=161503Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:19:48 GMTFirst post hope I am posting this right. I am looking for information on my dad, the B-17's name, model, & number he flew in. . Any general or missions flown information would be apreciated. Orville Lewis Jenhttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=161501Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:37:54 GMTHey John, I a member of a Historian-Group not fare away from the crash sute of the Flak Happy no. two (the offical name). We found the site, eyewitnesses, get a photo of the site, stay in contact with some members of the crew and many details morehttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=158210Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:17:13 GMTI posted the photo of "Big Moose", this was an emergency landing at RAF Ford. The Moose name was changed at Grafton Underwood to TS. This stood for Tough Shit. I am in contact with the daughter of one of the waist gunners.http://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=156981Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:28:01 GMTHi George Just seen that Roger Freeman's book, 'The B-17 Flying Fortress Story' lists Bruckenau? as the crash site. The question mark is included after Bruckenau in this book, so perhaps there may be some doubt about this being the exact placehttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=156257Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:20:25 GMTHi Mike, That is where I tried, too. All I saw was the 'west of Nancy' information though. Any ideas? -Brian http://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=156254Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:49:46 GMTGeorge - From Bits and Pieces: # 42 - 29870 JD U " Big Moose " Pilot - Lt. Giles Kaufman Jr. Lewistown , Pa. Nav - 2Lt. Frank Pogorzelski Glassport , Pa. For Info on Crash Sites in France: www.b17-fhttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=156253Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:46:18 GMTSorry - they do know the name Big Moose and all the other information seems to match. With any luck you can track down the poster of the photo and see if they know anything (my grandfather's plane had the name of the town written on the back of a shttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=156234Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:09:48 GMThttp://www.384thbombgroup.com/albums/42-29870/42_29870_Big_Moose_crash_landing.sized.jpg this is from the 384th bomb group websihttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=156233Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:05:08 GMTTaking the NE claim of the downing by the Luftwaffe and carrying the distance west of Nancy there is a town called Belleville. Belleville also had an AA Flak unit there during the war. Not exactly CSI work, but maybe worth looking into? &nbhttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=156232Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:49:43 GMT14.10.43 Uffz. Otto Monska: 6 6./JG 27 http://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=156231Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:34:50 GMTSchweinfurt raid being so large is making this backwards search difficult but if someone recognizes the towns listed we might know which is west of Nancy. Another route: I am sure there are more experienced people here than I in tracking locationshttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=156230Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:29:25 GMTHi George, Have you tried working 'backwards'? If we can find out which fighter claimed the downing there might be another town we can research. Tony Woods site is pretty much the one to go to. I have most of his lists downloaded andhttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=156228Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:48:13 GMTVic, Thanks for the info but I cannot find a town named Ballatu on Goggle Earth. I did find the town Bruckenau, Germany listed as the crash site (?) The American Memorial Association of St. Nazaire list of 8th AF aircraft downed in France 1942-1945, shhttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=155143Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:47:24 GMTProject Bits and Pieces shows the crash to be a Ballatu, ? Vichttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=155099Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:57:34 GMTLooking for information on the crash site of 42-29870. What little info I have states that the crash site is 15 miles west of Nancy, France. Would like to narrow this down to a Town if possible. I have relatives in this area and would like to see they cohttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=155096Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:09:04 GMTI hope you already know about 384thBombGroup.com - but if not, give that a try. Also, I have MACR 288 (as well as some others) that I need to find time to post. I am also building a website containing Ken Decker's 384th BG history, and in the next few wehttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=154471Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:56:37 GMTHello Harris, Well, I don't have all of what you are looking for, but it will be a start for others. B-17 42-5806 was assigned to the 384th BG/545th BS. It was shot down by ground fire on 12 Aug 1943 and crashed near Bonn, Gerhttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=154334Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:21:00 GMT